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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 24, 2015, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A21 winnipegfreepress. com CANADA WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 2015 A 21 2015 SONATA SPORT FEATURES Leather trimmed heated seats, panoramic sunroof, back- up camera, Bluetooth and much more. Exterior colour: White Stock# Y15026 WAS $ 31,196 NOW $ 27,974 YOU SAVE $ 3640 2015 SANTA FE LUXURY AWD FEATURES Heated leather seats front AND rear, panoramic sunroof, back- up camera, Bluetooth, proximity key, power tailgate and much more Exterior colour: Red Stock# Y15217 WAS $ 3 8,103 NOW $ 32,991 YOU SAVE $ 5776 FEATURES Heated leather seats, panoramic sunroof, back- up camera, Bluetooth and much more. Exterior colour: Black Stock# Y15030 WAS $ 3 6,967 NOW $ 30,993 YOU SAVE $ 6445 2015 TUSCON LIMITED 2014 ELANTRA GT GLS FEATURES Heated seats, automatic transmission, air conditioning Bluetooth, cruise control and much more. 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Call: 204- 633- 2420 birchwood hyundai. com Get pre- approved online at birchwoodhyundai. com/ credit Jason Khan General Manager Derek Witty General Sales Manager Thomas Maguire Sales Manager George Pacolba- Bain Sales Consultant Ervin Urizar Sales Manager Jay Finck Sales Manager Andre Douglas Used Sales Manager Leeto Fransisco Sales Consultant Nick Uranick Sales Consultant Dain White Sales Consultant James Juan Sales Consultant Carla Schillaci Sales Consultant T H A N K Y O U W I NNI P E G F O R M AK I N G B I R C H W O O D T H E FAS T E S T G R O WI N G H Y U NDA I D EA L E R O N T H E P R A I R I ES DEMO SELL- OFF- A- THON Great Service. Great Deals. Great Experience. SUBMITTED PHOTO Three- year- old twins Binh ( left) and Phuoc Wagner have Alagille syndrome, which affects the function of their livers. A N Ontario couple faces an unspeakable dilemma: Their ailing twin girls both need new livers to live, but the father can only save one. Michael Wagner found out this week he's a match to give part of his liver to one of his three- year- old daughters, who both suffer from Alagille syndrome - a genetic disorder that affects the liver, heart and other organs. A team of doctors at Toronto General Hospital will decide which of the girls, named Binh and Phuoc, will receive the transplant, said Johanne Wagner, Michael's wife and the girls' mother. " We told them we didn't want to be burdened with the decision- making," she said from Kingston, Ont., the family's hometown. Johanne Wagner said doctors are expected to perform the surgery in about two weeks. In the meantime, the family is going public with their story in the hopes of finding a donor for the other daughter. The main problem the girls are facing is the function of their livers, which are slowly dying, Wagner said. They have fewer bile ducts than normal, which means less bile gets into the liver, and that causes problems with fat digestion and vitamin absorption. The twin girls were 18 months old when the Wagners adopted them from Vietnam. They are the youngest of the couple's nine children - they had five of their own before deciding to adopt. They knew early on the girls had liver problems but didn't know the extent, said Johanne Wagner. " When we saw them at the orphanage we were shocked, really," she said. " They were nine pounds at 18 months. So we left the orphanage that day and went to buy two little containers with dragonflies on them, and that's what we were going to lay their ashes in if they didn't make it." Their mother said the twins continue to play and enjoy life as curious little girls, even if they are developmentally delayed because of their poor health. But she said they are becoming aware they aren't like other kids their age. They know other girls don't have feeding tubes sticking out of their bellies. Itchiness is another problem the girls have from the disease, Wagner said. " There's blood in the bed in the morning from scratching. There's no way they can concentrate. It rules their life." A new liver doesn't guarantee a long, healthy life, Johanne Wagner said, but the girls' livers will fail them at some point, and if the family doesn't find a donor for their other daughter, she will die. Despite this, the family remains positive. " We look back and we have no regrets," Johanne Wagner said. " We would travel this path all over again. They have taught us openness, they have taught our children sharing and openness. It's been nothing but a wonderful mess." - The Canadian Press Father's liver can only save one sick twin Ontario family seeks donor for other ailing daughter By Liam Casey A_ 21_ Jan- 24- 15_ FP_ 01. indd A21 1/ 23/ 15 8: 30: 39 PM ;