Fletcher didn't know at the time that the boy she was reading about in the news is the same boy that would save her 15-year-old son Austin. Austin had battled Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a liver disease, for years. While his mom was reading the article about Drew Swank, Austin's transplant coordinator called to tell him she had found a perfect match for him. The transplant was a success and Austin says his new liver brought him back to being a normal 15-year-old boy. "It means life, I got a second chance at life," he said/Sally Showman, KXLY. More here.
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.
didn't know at the time that the boy she was reading about in the news is the same boy that would save her 15-year-old son Austin. Austin had battled Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a liver disease, for years. While his mom was reading the article about Drew Swank, Austin's transplant coordinator called to tell him she had found a perfect match for him. The transplant was a success and Austin says his new liver brought him back to being a normal 15-year-old boy. "It means life, I got a second chance at life," he said/Sally Showman, KXLY. More here.
