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Families have to find their own livers because of organ donor shortfall


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In this Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 photo, panels from a quilt encouraging and reflecting on organ donation hang on the wall at Mid-America Transplant Services in St. Louis. About 28,000 transplants were done in the United States in 2012 and more than 121,000 people are on the waiting list now. (AP Photo/Whitney Curtis)

Last year, Children's Hospital Colorado performed 22 liver transplants, with about 40% going to kids who live in other states.


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