HELP ME GET A LIFE-SAVING LIVER TRANSPLANT!

HELP ME GET A LIFE-SAVING LIVER TRANSPLANT!

My name is Gavin Cooper. I'm only 47 years old and I need your help to save my life!

I have been fighting to live for the last 3 years, but my journey has now taken a devastating turn for the worst.

In August I was told, by my specialists in Dublin, that i need a Liver Transplant and Portal Vein Reconstruction, but that there are no surgeons in Ireland with the expertise necessary to perform this complex surgery. Even worse, if I don’t have this life-saving operation the doctors have advised I will only survive 5 years!

My medical team have been fantastic. They are reaching out to other specialists abroad for advice. So now, we are desperately seeking help, outside of Ireland, which means that I will have no medical coverage, and the costs will be astronomical!!

I have been fighting with Sarcoidosis since 2016. For about 4 years, the doctors were able to manage my symptoms, but in 2021, after being advised to get the COVID vaccine due to a compromised immune system, the sarcoidosis spread to my liver and other organs. I now have a very rare 7cm mass that is wrapped around my liver’s portal vein. This has resulted in portal hypertension, ascites, gallbladder issues, an enlarged spleen and a swollen vascular system. I'm constantly in and out of the hospital with complications. I have 2 stents in my biliary tract that must be changed constantly, due to narrowing from scaring. I'm now on stent change number 16, and the hospitalizations are becoming more and more frequent.

I'm a husband to my wonderful wife Eileen and a father to 3 beautiful children who I want to see grow up, get married and have children of their own. I want to grow old and experience what life has to offer with my family but my illness has been so hard on me, as well as on them. Since January, I have been unable to work, and my wife is working two jobs to try and make ends meet. Being in this situation is so painful, not just physically, but mentally and emotionally too. I have worked hard my entire life and never once looked for help, but now I realize that sometimes we all need help.

Can you help in any way?

I just want to live! I want to be here for my family. I appreciate any donation, big or small, and thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Thank you for reading my story. I will provide updates as I continue this battle to save my life. Please keep me and my family in your prayers.

- Gav