How Organ Transplants and Genetic Testing Moved Way Up On My Priority List

It could never happen to me — but it can and it did

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I have learned firsthand that two things — genetic testing and organ donation — are incredibly important for all humans to think seriously about. My family knows this.

My mother had a hereditary liver issue that is often fatal. The chances of my five siblings and me having that gene were significant. Up until recently, …