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8-Year-Old Boy Received a Second Chance to Live after ICU Nurse Became His Ideal Liver Donor

Eight-year-old Wisconsin boy Brayden Auten received the most extraordinary gift from the most unlikely source: an ICU nurse gave him a piece of liver.

The boy started feeling ill in April of this year, so his parents took him to the hospital. Once there, medical professionals discovered that a virus was attacking Brayden’s liver with ferocity.

Since his health was deteriorating quickly, they placed him on the transplant list. Ruth, the boy’s mother, admitted that they never expected his condition to be that bad. Read the full story here ▶