Intestine transplant stories

Kathryn Smith of Miami, FL

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My story begins my junior year of high school. I was always a healthy child but I suddenly became severely ill at the young age of 17 when doctors diagnosed me with idiopathic autoimmune hepatitis that had left me with... Read more

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Intestine transplant stories

Kathryn Smith of Miami, FL

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