(Photos: Nechama Laitman Photography)
A little boy was in need of a liver transplant and Scott Woodrow stood ready to save him.
It was a typical leil Shabbos evening three years ago. After davening the gabbai ascended the bimah and announced that someone in the community needed an immediate liver transplant. Scott couldn’t be sure at that moment but he had an inkling the person in need was Aryeh the son of a rabbi at a neighboring shul.
For several years Aryeh’s parents had been searching in vain for a cure for their boy’s disease. They had consulted doctors conferred with gedolim b’ Torah and davened constantly. Their son’s illness had gone through a long series of twists and turns and life-and-death decisions. Finally the doctors told the rabbi and rebbetzin that Aryeh needed a new transplant.
Scott went home after shul and talked about the case with his family. The gabbai had said that the donor need only be healthy have a Body Mass Index of less than 25 and possess the right blood type. Growing up in a home with a father who gave blood regularly Scott already knew his blood type: He was an “O ” a universal donor.
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