04May/19

Portland native saves the life of a stranger through miracle organ donation – OregonLive

Portland native saves the life of a stranger through miracle organ donation  OregonLive

SAN DIEGO — For the past four years, Breana Shaw was living on borrowed time. Suffering from end-stage liver disease, the 30-year-old Californian was too sick to work and have a normal life, but not sick enough to qualify for a liver transplant from a cadaver donor. Then last December, she got the best Christmas present of her life. Damian Delaney, 57, an altruistic Catholic schoolteacher who grew up in Portland, wanted to give the gift of life to a stranger, and his blood type and the portion of his liver he would donate were the perfect match for Shaw. On Dec. 12, the transplant was perfo…