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TORONTO – The father of three-year-old Kingston, Ont., twins who underwent potentially life-saving liver transplants couldn’t hold back tears as he thanked the anonymous donor who made the surgery possible for the second girl.
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Michael Wagner could only donate part of his liver to his daughter Phuoc and the family had appealed for a second donor for her twin sister Binh.
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The family announced Monday that the surgery had taken place, but the timing is being kept secret to protect the donor’s privacy.
In a news conference Tuesday, Wagner expressed the family’s gratitude to the stranger who “put their life on hold for someone they never met and changed our lives forever.”
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A doctor from Sick Kids hospital says Binh is recovering well despite experiencing some medical issues after the surgery.
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Phuoc went through the same surgery in February.
The girls suffer from Alagille syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects vital organs, and doctors have said they would die without a liver transplant.
Global News reporter Crystal Goomansingh took part in a liveblog from the press conference.
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