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Sabrina Kary

Amanda Werkle Needs A LIVING Liver DONOR

Help Amanda Werkle reclaim the vibrant life she deserves. Share her story, support her journey, and let's unite to find a living liver donor!

My friendship with Amanda Werkle spans nearly three decades. We have shared school classrooms, field trips, family dinners, birthday parties, soccer practices, adventures, and the excitement of growing up. We have been through many of life’s ups and downs together. Always, together.

Amanda Werkle is a remarkable individual, embodying qualities that not only make her a cherished friend but also an inspiration to those around her. Her compassion stands out the most; it's a boundless, genuine concern for others that she expresses through her actions and words. This compassion is coupled with an incredible strength of character, a resilience that has seen her face life's challenges with grace and determination. Her sense of humor is infectious, a beacon of light even in the darkest times, bringing smiles and laughter to those in her presence. These qualities, along with her generosity, kindness, and zest for life, make Amanda an extraordinary person, one who enriches the lives of all who know her.

Liver failure has significantly impacted Amanda's life, restricting her ability to do things she enjoys like cooking, spending time with friends and family, and living a full, active life. It's brought constant stress and health concerns. Amanda particularly misses spending quality time with friends and family, activities that her declining health has made difficult.

A transplant would be life-changing for Amanda. It represents a second chance at a pain-free, improved quality of life, and the opportunity to live healthily and happily.

You can help by considering becoming a living donor for Amanda or someone else in need. Even if you can't donate, sharing her story with your network can make a huge difference. Spreading awareness about living donation and supporting transplant research are also crucial ways to help.

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Become Amanda Werkle's Donor

If you are considering being a living donor please use links below to contact Amanda Werkle's Transplant Center. Begin by completing the donor questionnaire

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Becoming a Liver DONOR Find a Transplant Center near you

Yale New Haven Transplantation Center

333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT, 06520

(866) 925-3897 Email Transplant Center

Did you know?

Medical expenses for living organ donors are 100% covered, and inquires from potential donors are 100% confidential! Contact the Transplant Center to learn more about living donation.

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Share the Importance of Living Donation

Liver transplantation has been a successful treatment and standard of care for end-stage liver disease since the early 1980s.

Technical advancements in liver surgery, as well as the liver's tremendous ability to regenerate, have made living donor liver transplantation a life-saving reality.

There are currently 120,000 people waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant in the U.S. Of these, 15,000 await liver transplants.

Although more than 6,000 liver transplants were performed last year, over 1,700 patients died while waiting on the list.

Deceased donor livers are allocated to patients based on how sick they are, determined by their MELD score, where sicker patients receive priority.

Living donation offers patients the option of transplant before they get very sick--regardless of MELD score--significantly decreasing the time they wait for a liver.

Living donation not only saves the life of the recipient; it also frees up a liver for a patient on the waiting list who does not have that option.

The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) and Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease (PELD) are numerical, objective scales that allocate available livers to the sickest patients. Patients move up the list as their scores increase.

The first living donor liver transplant took place in 1988. Since then, living donors have continued giving the gift of life and making a difference.

When a recipient has a living donor, the wait time for transplant is shorter and the transplant can be scheduled in advanced when the recipient is in good health and when it is convenient for both the donor and the recipient.

Financial burdens shouldn’t prevent the gift of life. The National Living Donor Assistance Center (NLDAC) can offer financial support for living donor travel expenses.

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