How a new liver became restaurant owner’s Christmas Eve miracle

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By Scarlett O’Hara

LEBANON, Ind. – Every family has its own holiday traditions. For one Lebanon man, Christmas Eve has become an extra special anniversary as he gets ready to celebrate the day he was given a second chance at life.

You can’t exactly unwrap a new liver on Christmas. Nonetheless, it’s Ernie Verbarg’s favorite gift he’s ever gotten. He waited eight months on the transplant list last year with a rare, progressive liver disease called “primary sclerosing cholangitis” – until a Christmas Eve miracle. Read the article in NewsNation.

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