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Gainesville woman gets the call after long wait on liver transplant list
Singleton recovering after surgery Dec. 12 in Atlanta
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Christine Singleton and her family huddle together for a photo before Singleton’s liver transplant at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Dec. 12. Singleton was diagnosed with primary biliary cirrhosis in 2011.
After months of waiting and hoping, a Christmas miracle came early for someone who needed it most. Christine Singleton of Gainesville had been on a liver transplant list for 11 grueling months when her doctor called to give her the good news she had been waiting for: Her match was finally found. Singleton and her family rushed to Emory Hospital in Atlanta as soon as she could the evening of Dec. 12, calling her other loved ones on the way to let them know that her transplant journey was about to begin.