This new year is starting off very differently than last year's for a couple, originally from Latham, and it's all thanks to the generosity of a family that suffered a loss.
Five month old Brigid O'Grady has no idea how close she came to never knowing her dad, Patrick.
In 2009, when he was just 34, he was diagnosed with liver cancer.
“I had a moment of 'why me'. Then it was very quickly I thought, 'why not?',” says Patrick.
He underwent extensive surgery and the removal of 60 percent of his liver, but knew he wasn't fully out of the woods.
Even so he was determined to live a full life and a year later he met Catherine, “Kate” Wronowski.
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