In a tear-jerking video released by the Cleveland Clinic, a woman is seen reuniting with a boy whose life she saved through organ donation.
Becoming a living donor by giving up a piece of her liver, Sandy Flash gave the now-one-year-old Sonny the chance to recover from biliary artesia.
A disease with an unknown cause, biliary artesia is defined by the NIH as a scarring of the bile ducts that prevents bile from exiting into the intestines, resulting in lethal liver damage.
It’s treatable with a surgery called the Kasai procedure, which by now has become so advanced that between 80 and 90% of infants diagnosed with this disease now survive to adulthood. However, it requires a piece of a donated liver, which is where Flash came in.
Her husband was saved by a liver donation in 2022, and inspired to return the favor, she signed up for donor status and was appropriately matched with young Sonny.
“Sandy gave a piece of herself to save my baby’s life. Organ donation is truly an unconditional gift,” Sonny’s mother, Katie White, told Good Morning America.
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Flash admitted that after bringing her own children into the world, it was the most fulfilling thing she’s ever done.
The Cleveland Clinic said that Sonny has caught up to the normal developmental milestones for a 1-year-old.
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