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\ud83d\udc9a One of the hardest parts of transplant is something you can\u2019t see in a picture:The waiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You wait for labs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You wait for appointments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You wait for numbers to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You wait to see whether medications work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You wait for weight gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You wait for phone calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And once your child is listed for transplant, somewhere in the back of your mind, you are always waiting for THE phone call. The one that says there may be a liver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Jaime\u2019s family, that phone call represents hope for a healthier future. But transplant is complicated, because although Jaime may have a live donor, one family\u2019s miracle may also come during another family\u2019s unimaginable grief. That is something we will never lose sight of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So during Liver Awareness Month, we honor not only the people waiting for transplants, but also the organ donors and donor families who make second chances possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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