Man gets life-saving gift from best friend
By Alanna Flood, Nicole Poitras
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — Adam Soucy and his friend, Lee Card, grew up riding bikes and jumping off decks in Manchester. Now, they’ve shared an experience that gives the term “blood brothers” new meaning.
Earlier this month, Card gave a portion of his liver to Soucy through a living donor transplant.
Following a series of health problems, Soucy was diagnosed with a rare type of liver cancer. He was 40 years old and had just gotten married two months prior, in August 2024.
His medical team first tried to fix the problem with stents.
“And then they said, this isn’t going to work. Let’s put you on the transplant list,” Soucy said.
He was put on the national donor database. That’s when Card asked what it would take to be a donor.
“When Lee stepped up, they were like, ‘Oh my goodness, this is so much easier. We have a living donor who could possibly be a match,'” Soucy said.
After 15 months of testing, the two were cleared and the transplant took place Jan. 20.
The two friends got released from the hospital Jan. 29.
For more information on how to become an organ donor, visit organdonor.gov.
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