Few decisions in life demand more courage than choosing to undergo major surgery for someone else.
For one son, there was never much of a question.
His father was sick.
His father needed a liver transplant.
And his son was willing to give him part of his own.
He knew the surgery carried risks. He knew recovery would be difficult. He knew there were no guarantees that everything would go according to plan.
But none of that outweighed one simple thought:
If he could give his father more time, he wanted to try.
So he became a living liver donor.
He entered the hospital as the healthiest person in the family.
He expected to leave as a recovering son who had helped save his father’s life.
Instead, the operation became the beginning of a devastating chapter neither of them had imagined.
A Decision Made From Love
Living liver donation is an extraordinary medical undertaking.
Unlike a deceased-donor transplant, the procedure involves a healthy person voluntarily undergoing major surgery to donate a portion of their liver to someone in need.
The liver has a remarkable ability to regenerate, which makes living donation possible.
But regeneration does not make the surgery simple.
There are genuine risks.
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