Nancy Kitson
My name is Nancy and I am 66 years old. I was diagnosed with a rare liver cancer. One in a million people have this cancer.
My doctors told me a transplant was the only treatment for this type of cancer as it was all over my liver.
This was shocking news as I had been healthy all my life! In California it would have been a two year wait for my blood type. I was referred to Ochsner in New Orleans. I had to fight tooth and nail for five months to get my insurance to double list me.
Who wants to wait for two years with cancer growing in your body?! I finally prevailed.
This fight prepared me for the hardest thing I’ve ever done. 12 days after I arrived in New Orleans, I received a new liver!! I’m feeling very well and am so grateful to the family whose compassion and generosity gave me a second chance at life. I take good care of myself. I am a very compliant patient. I am 13 months post transplant. I was even able to go on a trip to Alaska! My family and friends are so grateful. Since my transplant, I became a grandma. My joy is unsurpassed!!
