ROB: WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR A
FRIEND?
DON'T ANSWER THAT UNTIL YOU SEE
THIS NEXT STORY.
KELLIE: IT'S A STORY OF
EXTRAORDINARY ODDS AND
FRIENDSHIP.
AND AS KCRA 3'S DEIRDRE
FITZPATRICK FOUND OUT.
THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER CAN BE
A POWERFUL FORCE.
DEIDRE: WHAT ARE THE ODDS?
AT THE EVERIST HOUSE IN TAHOE
CITY,
THOSE FOUR WORDS HAVE PLAYED ON
ON REPEAT FOR 12 YEARS.
SINCE ALLIE AND SCOTT EVERIST'S
SECOND SON BODE
WAS BORN.
THE DIAGNOSIS WAS BILIARY
ATRESIA.
HE WAS BORN WITH HIS LIVER BUT
IT WASN'T CONNECTED.
IT WAS JUST DRAINING INTO HIS
GUT.
DEIDRA
:
EVERYONE KNEW IT HAD TO
HAPPEN.
THE QUESTION WAS WHEN?
A CHILDHOOD HAS GONE BY.
A MOUNTAIN KID, SIDELINED FROM
WHAT HE LOVES NOT BY WEATHER BUT
BY HIS BODY.
THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN A LOT
OF HOSPITAL VISITS.
HOSPITAL STAYS, COMING HOME ON
AN IV SYSTEM.
HAVING 8-10 WEEKS OF
ANTIBIOTICS.
HOME NURSES COMING IN.
THEN HE IS ONLY WELL FOR THREE
OR FOUR WEEKS UNTIL WE ARE BACK
IN THE HOSPITAL.
WITH ANOTHER INFECTION AND
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
CLEAR THAT ONE.
WE HAVE THE SAME
BLOOD TYPE, OH
POSITIVE.
WE HAD ALWAYS KNOWN THAT WAS IN
OUR BACK POCKET.
THAT I COULD DONATE A PIECE OF
MY LIVER TO HIM WHEN WE NEEDED
IT.
REPORTER: BUT WHEN THEY REACHED
INTO THAT BACK POCKET AND WENT
TO STANFORD FOR FINAL TESTING.
THEY CAME OUT AND SAID IT WAS
NOT A SIZE MATCH.
THAT WAS TOUGH.
I KEPT THINKING,
I WOULD BE ABLE
TO SAVE HIM WHEN HE TIME WAS
RIGHT.
THAT WAS DEVASTATING.
REPORTER: JUST DOWN THE STREET,
JEN CAPSHAW THE PASTOR'S WIFE.
WE WERE STUDYING THE BIBLE.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT, HOW DOES GOD
HELP YOU?
HE RAISED HIS HAND AND SAID, I
FOUND OUT MY MOTHER ISN'T GOING
TO BE ABLE TO DONATE TO ME.
I SAID HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT
THAT.
AND BODE SAID, I'M HAPPY SHE
WON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE
PAIN.
AND RIGHT THEN I FELL IN LOVE
WITH HIM A LITTLE MORE.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY WHO COME FORWARD.
IT'S GREAT BUT THEY DON'T REALLY
WHAT THEY ARE GETTING INTO.
I FELT LIKE I STRUCK A CHORD
WITH HIM BECAUSE OF MY MOM'S
HISTORY.
SHE WAS A LIVER RECIPIENT IN
2006.
REPORTER: JENN'S MOTHER RECEIVED
A CADAVER LIVER.
COULD SHE REALLY PAY IT FORWARD
NEARLY A DECADE LATER?
MONTHS OF TESTING REVEALED JENN
TO BE A PERFECT MATCH.
PRETTY AMAZING SHE WOULD BE THE
ONE FOR YOU.
YEAH.
REPORTER: BODE'S LIVER WILL BE
COMPLETELY REMOVED.
THEY TAKE 60% OF HERS AND PUT
IT WHERE MINE WAS.
AFTER AWHILE IT WILL REGENERATE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE
ODDS ARE.
YOU'D HAVE TO ASK SOMEONE
HIGHER UP THAT.
REPORTER: KIDS AT THE LOCAL
SCHOOL WHERE MRS EVERIST IS THE
SECOND GRADE TEACHER ARE BUSY
MAKING CARDS.
JENN AND BODE ARE BUSY MAKING
PLANS WHAT THEY'LL DO POST
TRANSPLANT.
ODDS ARE, IT WILL BE TOGETHER.
KELLIE: SHE TELLS
US IN THE LAST
BODE IS OUT OF SURGERY AND
HOUR, THINGS LOOK POSITIVE.
JENN IS ALSO DOING WELL AND
RECOVERING IN ICU.
WHILE JENN'S RECOVERY WILL TAKE
ABOUT TWO TO THREE MONTHS BODE'S
RECOVERY WILL TAKE LONGER.
HIS GOAL IS TO BE BACK IN TAHOE
TO START 8TH GRADE IN LATE
AUGUST.
WE KNOW HE CAN DO IT.
HE IS A STRONG BOY AND HAS BEEN
THROUGH SO MUCH.
YOU LOOK AT THE PARENTS AND WHAT
THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH AND IT IS
REMARKABLE THEY HAVE FOUND THE
PERFECT MATCH.