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Hope's gift of life: Gainesville teen waits on transplant list
Life-saving procedure to replace organs will cost family $100K
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Amy Kienle talks about the support her family has gotten while trying to plan for her daughter’s multivisceral transplant Friday at the J.A. Walters Family YMCA in Gainesville. In Gainesville, volunteers are raising funds for the Children’s Organ Transplant Association, an organization that guides fundraising efforts for transplant-related expenses, in honor of patients like Hope. - photo by Erin O. Smith
An emotional phone call came a day too late for Hope Kienle. Hope, a 14-year-old at North Hall Middle School, has been on a pre-transplant waiting list for months. She’s set for a multivisceral operation that will give her a new liver, stomach, colon, pancreas and small bowel.