4-year-old girl receives life-saving liver transplant in 14-hour surgery
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A 4-year-old girl received life-saving surgery after a stranger donated part of his liver to her.
Jamie was born with a rare disease and would have died without the donation of David Denovchek.
She was waiting at Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital for about a month and was in desperate need of a transplant when Denovchek stepped in.
“Her story touched me. There is this awesome little girl who clearly has not had a fair shake of things in life, has had nothing but bad luck, and I thought, ‘I’ve had a good life,’” Denovchek said. “I haven’t had these kinds of troubles. I couldn’t imagine what that would be like for somebody and I just thought maybe I can help.”
Over 500 people inquired about being a donor to Jamie, but Denovchek was the one who was a match.
The surgery took 14 hours to complete, but Jamie pulled through.
She and Denovchek are both recovering.
Denovchek, who works as a vet tech and will have to be off work for 12 weeks following the surgery, has set up a Go Fund Me page to help cover some of his additional medical costs
Anyone wishing to make a donation can CLICK HERE.
