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Liver transplant
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Massachusetts Firefighter 'Who Is Not Done With Life' Needs New Kidney
A Sherborn firefighter is in need of a new kidney so he can keep giving back to his community "in a life-affirming way." Sam Gutwill was born with cystic fibrosis and has been in and out of the hospital for 12 years, according to a GoFundMe organized on his behalf. He received a "life-changing" liver transplant in 2017 that allowed him to become an EMT and a firefighter, but while Sam was completing his training his kidneys failed. This eventually resulted in Sam being hospitalized with Stage 5 Kidney failure last week, his aunt Laura Wise said on the GoFundMe SHERBORN FIREFIGHTE…