North Stonington - His birthday is still a month away, but Brett Tillinghast received an early present.
Under an 18-inch scar that spreads across the 14-year-old's stomach, above his belly button, lies something he's needed for five years: a new liver.
"I feel a lot better," Brett said Friday, almost two weeks after he underwent a liver transplant.
On Halloween, Brett, an eighth-grader at Wheeler Middle School, and his mother, Jeanne Tillinghast, got the call saying a healthy liver was ready and waiting for Brett at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
The family rushed to the hospital, where Brett was prepped and put under anesthesia at 9 p.m.
Seven hours later, the doctors announced a successful transplant.
"It's a little bit of relief; he's been through a lot of stuff," Jeanne Tillinghast said Friday.
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