Makenzie Beach was a stranger to Logan Salva, the toddler whose life she saved.
Logan Salva, a toddler from Florida, is pictured while recovering from a partial liver transplant.Marletto-Salva said she and her husband immediately saw a difference in their son after the transplant.
"It's incredible the change that we saw in him physically, just in his appearance and complexion and everything," Marletto-Salva said. "It happened within days, with his complexion, and that was just the beginning of it, and then he just started to fill out and look like a normal little kid again."UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, only about 5% of people who undergo a liver transplant receive the organ from a living donor.
"I learned so much and it made me such a better nurse to go through this whole experience," Beach said. "To be a patient was a huge experience, and I needed that, and I'm so grateful for it."She said she spoke with Logan and his parents on Zoom while she was in Pennsylvania and Logan and his family were at their home in Florida.Marletto-Salva thanked Beach for all she had done, especially for providing her son with a "wonderful liver.
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