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Saturday, January 7, 2012

Cary woman promotes organ donation in Rose Parade

WRAL, North Carolina

CARY, N.C. — A Cary woman who was among the country’s first infants to receive a donor liver rode a float in the Tournament of Roses Parade this week to help promote organ donation.

“I usually don't cry at events like these. I'm usually not a crier at all, but I ended up breaking down a little bit,” said Kara Thio, now 20.

When she was born in September 1991, Thio's skin was yellow and she had trouble with her liver, which was missing a bile duct. During the next eight months, her condition grew desperate, and she needed a liver transplant.

“Back in '92, pediatric liver transplants were really new,” said Victoria Thio, Kara Thio’s mother.
Read more: http://www.wral.com/lifestyles/healthteam/story/10571024/

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