{"id":247642,"date":"2021-06-24T16:29:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T21:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=247642"},"modified":"2021-06-24T00:04:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T05:04:42","slug":"mississippi-dad-donates-liver-save-young-daughters-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mississippi-dad-donates-liver-save-young-daughters-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi dad becomes living donor to save his young daughter&#8217;s life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>A 12-year-old Mississippi girl is alive today thanks in no small part to a heroic organ donation from her dad. When Rhett Shaffette discovered that his daughter, Cecilia, was experiencing life-threatening bleeding due to a liver condition, he decided to step in and donate a part of his own liver so that his little girl could live.<\/p>\n<p>Cecilia was born with\u00a0biliary atresia, a condition in which the liver can&#8217;t function properly because bile ducts haven&#8217;t formed normally. After getting that diagnosis, Cecilia&#8217;s parents were told that she would need a liver transplant in order to survive. She went on the transplant list in 2018, but by 2020 she had still not been placed with a match. In August of that year, Cecilia&#8217;s condition worsened and she had a near-fatal ordeal with some internal bleeding.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s when Rhett, who had previously discovered that his liver was a perfect match for his daughter, decided to take action as a living donor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ysL6kVwgS_A\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/virginia-down-syndrome-organ-donations\/\">Virginia lawmaker: People with Down syndrome should be allowed to receive organ donations<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/national-international\/father-gives-daughter-life-saving-gift-as-living-organ-donor\/2853071\/?_osource=SocialFlowFB_PHBrand&amp;fbclid=IwAR0TeHtlb33Ezf4IoiXm9dmOsITmy4mArQNHppwdivc0VExhD6XCOaYg5Eg\">AP<\/a> spoke with Dr. John Seal, one of Cecilia&#8217;s surgeons, who said that receiving a transplant from a living donor is often far superior to an organ transplant from one harvested from a deceased donor. Since the liver regenerates quickly, both patients can expect to regain normal function within a few months post-surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Rhett described the relief he felt when tests revealed that he was a perfect match for his daughter. &#8220;It was a godsend,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That&#8217;s the only way to explain it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rhett told the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/story\/news\/2021\/06\/18\/mississippi-dad-donates-part-his-liver-his-young-daughter\/7700556002\/\">Mississippi Clarion Ledger<\/a> that he was able to encourage Cecilia through the difficult recovery period as they spent time walking their driveway together to regain strength. While it was very difficult for Cecilia to even walk at first, within months she was back to dancing and participating in athletics. In fact, thanks to the transplant Cecilia is now able\u00a0to do many things that would previously leave her tired or strained. \u201cI have a lot more energy, and I don&#8217;t feel bad a lot,&#8221; she said. \u201cI just feel better overall.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cecilia is quick to recognize and acknowledge that her good health today is thanks in big part to her father. \u201cI\u2019m very lucky and grateful that he could do this for me,\u201d she said. \u201cI have an awesome dad. He\u2019s always been my hero.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"tncms-region-article_instory_bottom\" class=\"tncms-region hidden-print\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 12-year-old Mississippi girl is alive today thanks in no small part to a heroic organ donation from her dad. When Rhett Shaffette discovered that his daughter, Cecilia, was experiencing life-threatening bleeding due to a liver condition, he decided to step in and donate a part of his own liver so that his little girl [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":247812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[9455,3473],"tags":[10164,10162,10166,10161,885,10163,3596,10167,10168,10169,10165],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mississippi dad becomes living donor to save his young daughter&#039;s life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When Rhett Shaffette learned his daughter was experiencing life-threatening bleeding from a liver condition, he donated part of his liver so she could live.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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