Allexis Siebrecht, the 11-year-old Winnipeg girl born with a rare liver disease, is now recovering in Toronto after getting her long-awaited transplant surgery.

"We finally have news about Allexis!! Surgery went well and she is recovering. Her Mom Liz will continue to focus on Allexis' recovery. Continued prayers for a fast recovery is appreciated. Thank you God!!!," Tina Lussier, a spokeswoman for the Canadian Liver Foundation's Manitoba chapter, posted on her Facebook page Tuesday morning.

She hopes there will be more information on Allexis' condition this afternoon.

Allexis' family was notified late Saturday of a donor match and was flown to Toronto early Sunday morning. Allexis was wheeled into the operating room at 6 a.m. CT Monday for the operation, which was expected to take between as much as 12 hours.

The family is not sure how long they will be in Toronto for Allexis' recovery.

​Allexis and her family appealed to the public for help earlier this year after the young girl's condition began to deteriorate.

​Allexis was diagnosed with Biliary Atresia when she was a baby. The disease affects about 10 in 20,000 infants, and impedes bile transport from the liver to the small intestine, which damages the tissue.

Her mother Liz Siebrecht previously told CBC News that last fall, doctors gave the family more devastating news: Allexis was suffering from end stage liver disease.

That along with other medical conditions meant she needed a liver transplant within three to six months in order to survive.

After desperate public pleas and two offers of liver lobe donations that didn't work out, Allexis story gained a lot of public attention.

About 100 people signed up to see if they could be a match, according to Lussier.

She said the support from strangers has "just been overwhelming."

"I think it's just awesome. It really helps [Siebrecht] through this and I think it's helped Allexis a lot too," she said. "What a great city."

Siebrecht got the call Saturday night around 11:30 p.m. that a match was available from a deceased donor in Toronto.

The family was told it was someone in their 20s and that they were being kept alive on life support until Allexis could get there.