vendredi 3 février 2017
Weeks After Starting Her New Job, 1 Young Nanny Gave This Toddler a Priceless Gift
Even though 16-month-old Talia isn't Kiersten Miles' child, learning about the baby's life-threatening condition was still extremely difficult for her.
Last year, Talia's parents, George and Farra Rosko, discovered that their child was suffering from biliary atresia, which is a serious liver disease, and prepared themselves for a long wait on the organ donation list. However, instead of enduring months or years of uncertainty, Talia's donation came from an unexpected source in a matter of weeks.
When 22-year-old Kiersten joined the New Jersey family as their nanny, she quickly began researching the girl's life-threatening condition. Although she had just started this new job, the young woman offered to donate part of her own liver to help the child she was caring for.
"I believe I was meant to meet the Roskos. Even though I had only known Talia for three weeks when I decided I wanted to see if I was [a] match, I knew I couldn't do nothing," Kiersten told Baby. "I knew I was a blood match and after doing research the rest of the process and the surgery didn't seem that intense … it just seemed and still seems like such a small sacrifice compared to saving a life."
On the day of the surgeries, doctors replaced Talia's liver with a piece of her nanny's organ with the hope that it will continue to grow in the child's body. "When I finally got to see Talia, I completely forgot about the discomfort and pain I had recently felt and was immediately reminded why I donated," Kiersten said.
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