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VCU Health is one of the first in the country to perform a blood type incompatible liver transplant — part of an ongoing effort to increase patient access to lifesaving organs amid a national shortage.
Edward Foster’s eighth child and youngest son, Edward “Rick” Foster Jr., heroically came to his rescue as a match to be his living liver donor. Then, the expert VCU Health team successfully performed the organization’s first living donor liver transplant in five years to restore Foster’s health.
A genetic disease left 4-year-old Astrid Cubas-Sanchez suffering to live a normal childhood, but her liver transplant gave her the priceless gift of new hope and healing.
With his organs shutting down, Weldon Bradshaw receives a liver, just in the nick of time.
Thirty years after surviving a car accident, Ken Schuler donates his liver to save a stranger.
A liver transplant provides John Snead with a chance at life — and a lifelong friend.