Our friend Scott Hull (aka Gallen from Dalhraidia) has needed a liver transplant for a long time.  He has primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)–the quick and dirty explanation is that his bile ducts are all screwed up for no good reason, so the excess bile they produce corroded his liver and made him really sick.  Scott is a good father and husband and friend, and his loved ones have been hoping and praying and undergoing tissue samples and donor testing, hoping they could help.

Scott’s cousin Marcus is an excellent match, so he gave part of his liver to Scott today.  What a present!  If you’re the sort of person who prays or meditates, please think healing thoughts for Scott and Marcus.  And if you’re not an organ donor, please check that box on your driver’s license forms and make sure you have a living will so that your family will be prepared to sacrifice part of the physical you should tragedy strike.  Many very sick people need the kind of help we can all offer as organ donors.

And if you’d like to keep up on Scott and Marcus’s healing Scott’s wife Martha (a.k.a Rheannon) made a blog to keep everyone informed about the transplant and subsequent healing.  So far, the guys are out of surgery and both doing well.

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