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Kansas boy lives normal life after liver transplant
Nine year old Jacob Smitl of Girard, Kansas, has a liver transplant after biliary atresia required Kasai surgery as an infant. He remains active in sports, medaling at the US Transplant Games, and shares a family connection with donor Collin Sanders whose organs saved him. The Smirl family describes ongoing adjustment and healing through donor family ties and community support.
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Jacob Smitl
Alice
Kansas
National Kidney Foundation
U.S
Jacob
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Colorado
Collin Sanders
Sanders
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Collin
Carl Junction
Smirls
Kendal
Windsor
Colo
Tracy
Kendal Sanders