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A man’s Facebook resource for a liver donor caught the attention of a high school acquaintance who had not talked about 20 years.
In April 2024, after suffering a loss of appetite and losing 15 pounds in a month, Steven Register, 42, was diagnosed with colon cancer in phase 4, According to SWNS.
The doctors told the old MLB launcher, who played Colorado Rockies in 2008 and Philadelphia Phillies in 2009, that a liver transplant was probably his best survival opportunity.
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“When we first met with the doctors, they gave me a year and a half to live,” said Register, adding that he and his wife, Beth, began to investigate options immediately.
The couple traveled from Auburn, Alabama, to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, where the record was undergoing a surgery for a temporary ostomy bag and began chemotherapy, according to the SWNS report.
“When we first met with the doctors, they gave me a year to a year and a half to live,” said Steven Register (in the image of his wife, Beth). (SWNS)
The plans for liver resection were canceled when doctors discovered that the tumors were too large, which led the couple to consider a transplant.
Registration wife created a Facebook group to look for a living liver donor, hoping that someone would be presented on time.
An unexpected volunteer
Kristin Johnston, a 40 -year -old preschool teacher at Roswell, Georgia saw the place and acknowledged her record as a former high school classmate.
The two had gathered in 1999 at the Shaw High School in Columbus, Georgia, but had not spoken for more than two decades, SWNS reported.
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“It was so far from the left field,” said Register, which could not be believed when Johnston volunteered to give part of his liver.
He added: “I have not seen or talked to her for more than twenty years, and for it to come so, it was only intended to be -.”
Kristin Johnston, a 40 -year -old Roswell preschool teacher, saw the registration Facebook publication and recognized him as a former high school classmate. (SWNS)
Johnston said he started doing a quick search for live liver donation and discovered that the compatibility of the blood type was the first step.
“I just sent -a message,” he said. “I said” hey, what is your blood type? “And he said,” I’m positive. “
She replied, “Wait, it’s also mine,” and she offered, “I will happily give a lobe if I am a party.”
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Johnston erased later as a party and received confirmation on a significant day.
“I received the news on Good Friday, every day, which officially eliminated me as a liver,” he said.
Surgery and second possibilities
According to SWNS, surgery, which is expected to be from 12 to 14 hours, will mean eliminating 70% of Johnston’s liver and transplanting it in the record.
Both their remaining liver and the given portion will regenerate over time, giving a second health opportunity.
“I received the news on Good Friday, every day.”
“For her, she is finally giving her the gift of life, for him, a really fresh start on this trip,” said Beth Register.
The Steven record added, “Hopefully, I put my liver with all the tumor and cancer, I will be free of cancer there.”
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The record family, including children McKenzie (16), Blakely (14) and Brooks (8), launched a fundraising fundraising to assist in travel, food and medical expenses.
Johnston and her 38 -year -old husband Cody, real estate developer, have three own children: Sawyer (9), Teddy (7) and Dahlia (4).
Raise awareness and faith
Beth Register said he hopes that his family’s story will be aware of the impact of living organ donation.
“Many people do not realize that living donations, whether for livers or kidneys, are even an option,” he said.
The family of the Register-Steven, Beth and their three children, McKenzie (average left), Blakely (medium-right) and Brooks (front and center)-they launched a fundraising fundraising to assist in travel, food and medical expenses. (SWNS)
He added that Johnston has been disinterested from the outset.
Families believe that fate had a hand to return them to connect, by SWNS.
“We just ask God to be opening all the right doors and Kristin is the perfect donor for him.”
“We just ask God to be opening all the right doors and that Kristin is the perfect donor for him,” said Beth Register.
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She continued: “We just appreciate that she was willing to pause her life to extend her life for many, many and many years.”
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