More than 119,000 people are waiting for organ transplants in the U.S. Only a small fraction of them will get the organs they need. It's not just how sick you are, but where you live that can determine whether you get a lifesaving organ or not.
Matthew Rosiello is back in the DJ booth after getting a liver transplant. He was born with biliary atresia. Bile builds up in the liver and damages the vital organ. “So, basically I was dying and I didn’t even know,” Matthew said.
Matthew was on the transplant list near his home in New York City. Experts say in some metropolitan areas the wait for an organ can be longer. Matthew decided to multi-list and visited two other hospitals, in Connecticut and Ohio.
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