In August 1996, Debbie Morgan had just turned 40 years old when she was diagnosed with end-stage liver disease. The disease was cirrhosis; the cause was alcohol. “I had promised myself that when I turned 40 years old I would quit drinking. On August 3, 1996, one week after my 40th birthday bash, God gave me a little help. I suffered an esophageal bleed and ended up in the emergency room, very close to death,” Debbie recalled.
Debbie was released from the hospital on Sunday and returned to work on Monday. At a doctor's visit that Friday, her doctor took one look at her and immediately had her readmitted to the hospital. It was nearly a year later before she was able to work a full 40-hour week.
“It took more than a year before my doctor would refer me to a transplant center. I had to attend a certain number of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings; I had to prove myself. Organs are precious and they certainly didn't want to give one to someone that would abuse it.”
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