The Berlin Citizen | Olivia Lawrence
"I was never sick," said Nathan Strazzulla, 19, talking about the typical teenage life he led before he got sick
The 2010 Berlin High School graduate said, "It came on fast."
He's not shy about pulling up his shirt and displaying a large scar that stretches from one side of his rib cage to the other. The scar is from a liver transplant operation at the end of October.
The problem started earlier this fall with sudden indigestion that only got worse. Soon doctors would tell Nathan that it appeared a virus had destroyed his liver leaving it with 80 percent necrosis. Any worse than that is a definite death sentence. There was no choice except to plan on a liver transplant.
At the end of September he was transferred to Yale-New Haven Hospital to wait for an organ donor match.
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