“I am still in the hospital a week after the transplant and they say I’m doing good.”

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Dear Donor Family,

I’m writing to you to both give you my condolences for your loss, and to express my sincere appreciation for the liver I received. This liver has given me a chance to live a normal life again.

I had been on the transplant list for 3 years with end stage liver disease. I was told my liver was shot at 35 and my doctors and I had no idea what caused it. Having been given a possible death sentence was difficult.

As of this writing, I am still in the hospital a week after the transplant and they say I’m doing good.

I cannot thank you and your lost loved one enough for this donation and neither can my family. Your loved one’s donation is the best thing I’ve ever received, and I will cherish it for the rest of my life.

Thank you.

R.