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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ten-month-old Alondra Martinez was showing signs of end-stage liver disease and needed a transplant fast. Family members tried in vain to donate parts of their organs to save her, but were incompatible.
For six months Alondra waited on a transplant list until she received a gift from a stranger — a 50-year-old mother from St. George, Utah.
Katie Hale had signed up two years ago to be a liver donor after researching online about how the organ can regenerate itself. Last month, she underwent a four-hour operation at USC University Hospital where doctors harvested one-fifth of her liver for Alondra.
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