Photo: Ben Chatraw has a rare liver disease and although doctors say he could die he's low on the transplant list. Now his family is trying desperately to get him a new liver before it's too late.
A Dallas man, in desperate need of a liver transplant, is reaching out for help.
It's been seven years since 36-year-old Ben Chatraw was diagnosed with the rare and chronic liver disease known as primary sclerosing cholangitis, or PSC. In July 2013, Chatraw's health began a rapid decline marked by repeated and potentially fatal blood infections known as sepsis.
“I spent about 45 days in the hospital battling through those infections,” Chatraw said.
The only known treatment for PSC is liver transplantation, but in the United States, livers are distributed based on a scoring system designed to predict imminent liver failure.
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