{"id":7887,"date":"2023-12-24T07:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=7887"},"modified":"2023-12-22T07:09:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T15:09:10","slug":"how-a-new-liver-became-restaurant-owners-christmas-eve-miracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/12\/24\/how-a-new-liver-became-restaurant-owners-christmas-eve-miracle\/","title":{"rendered":"How a new liver became restaurant owner\u2019s Christmas Eve miracle"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7887\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>By Scarlett O&#8217;Hara<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LEBANON, Ind. \u2013 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can\u2019t exactly unwrap a new liver on Christmas. Nonetheless, it\u2019s Ernie Verbarg\u2019s favorite gift he\u2019s ever gotten. He waited eight months on the transplant list last year with a rare, progressive liver disease called \u201cprimary sclerosing cholangitis\u201d \u2013 until a Christmas Eve miracle.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/us-news\/midwest\/indiana-christmas-eve-miracle-new-liver\/\"> Read the article<\/a> in NewsNation.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7887\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading By Scarlett O&#8217;Hara LEBANON, Ind. \u2013 Every family has its own holiday traditions. 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