Kyleigh Leos bounced back from a liver disease thanks to a liver donation from Trumbull Police Officer Michael Gonzalez in 2010, but now she's ill again.
Leos, whose father is Trumbull Officer Jay Leos, needs a kidney and a liver, according to a friend, Dave Giannini. The teen was born with a liver disease that interferes with bile-carrying tubes.
"She is 18 years old and in Yale Children's Hospital Intensive Care Unit in desperate need of a liver and kidney transplant. She is literally knocking on death's door and thank God - He hasn't answered," Giannini said in a Facebook Post.
"I implore all of my friends to forward this to all of their friends. I implore all of their friends to forward it to their friends," he added.
He said although Leos is seriously ill, she is still smiling. "A spirit like that CAN NOT be allowed to be extinguished," Giannini said.
For more information, go the United Network of Organ Sharing (www.unos.org/).
"They have Kyleigh's information so anyone interested in donating directly to her can specify at the hospital where they are making the donation," Giannini said.
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