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On June 17, 2023, Kuhfta was diagnosed with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, or liver cancer. It accounts for 3% of all liver cancers in the U.S., forming in the bile ducts and spreading aggressively.

A nurse practitioner at Upstate Cancer Center at the Auburn hospital, Kuhfta knew what she was up against. She was given about 18 months to live 鈥� unless she found a liver donor.

Kuhfta's friends and family used Facebook to try and find one as she went through 13 rounds of chemotherapy and 15 rounds of radiation treatment, hoping for good news.聽

On June 18, a year and a day after her diagnosis, Kuhfta learned that a donor had been found. It was Seamans.

"She saved my life," Kuhfta told 人兽性交 on Thursday at Hoopes Park. "It thought this was the end. I thought I was going to die in December if I didn't get a donor. And then Pam came."聽

Seamans, who was with her, immediately cut in: "But (Kuhfta) saved so many other people's lives. She's my hero. After all that she鈥檚 been through, and now this. She鈥檚 looking good and strong.鈥�

Pinky swear

Kuhfta, of Auburn, and Seamans, of Cayuga, met 人兽性交 with members of their support team of friends and family, their hugs and tears of joy warming each other on a dreary fall day.聽

That support never faltered, Kuhfta said, especially from her daughters聽Michelle Kuhfta and Mackenzie Cunningham. Michelle actually tried to donate part of her liver, but it was too small. As a cancer patient, Kuhfta needed a living-donor liver transplant, not one from a cadaver. There are only about 5,000 such transplants in the U.S. every year due to the scarcity of donations.

Organ procurement was one of Seamans' responsibilities at Auburn Community Hospital, which she said she loved. She also worked as an intensive care nurse there.

Kuhfta was in management at the time, so she didn't work directly with Seamans. But they knew of each other.聽

鈥淲e鈥檙e very fortunate to have the hospital that we have, but (Kuhfta) is a huge cornerstone to our patients,鈥� Seamans said. 鈥淲hen you say her name, people smile.鈥�

After seeing on Facebook that Kuhfta needed a liver transplant, Seamans thought about donating part of hers. She told a group of friends, she said, but made them pinky swear not to say anything.聽

Before she could donate, though, she had to meet several criteria. She was just below the age cutoff of 59, being 57 when she started the process. Then came the tests: a stress echocardiogram, 51 blood tests and CT and MRI scans with and without contrast dye. The information was sent to Germany, where it was determined whether her liver was suitable for Kuhfta.

鈥淭he doctors said my liver looked like it belonged to a 16-year-old,鈥� Seamans said, laughing.

Seamans got the call in May. When Kuhfta was told the next month that a donor had been found, she didn't know who they were.

It wasn't until Sept. 8, when the Kuhfta family held a drive-by show of support for her days before the transplant, that the figurative curtain was lifted.聽

鈥業t takes a village鈥�

Kuhfta's family took her to Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, Memorial Sloane Kettering in New York City and Upstate in Syracuse in search of a doctor to perform the transplant.

"They鈥檇 look at the scan and say there was nothing they could do,鈥� Cunningham told 人兽性交.

Only about 50 hospitals in the U.S. perform living-donor liver transplants 鈥� and one is the University of Rochester, where Dr. Koji Tomiyama has performed more than 100. Kuhfta and Seamans' support team applauded him and Dr. Roberto Hernandez Alejandro, who led Seamans' surgery. He had to remove just enough of her liver for the transplant, but too much would have caused the organ to fail.

"They were phenomenal," Seamans said. "When I tell you it takes a village, (the medical team) made sure you had everything set up at home, a support person to be there whenever you need."

Seamans and Kuhfta were released from Strong Memorial Hospital in four and eight days, respectively.

Their recoveries continue. Kuhfta no longer uses a walker or a wheelchair, and is looking forward to jet skiing next summer. But she's taking it easy during post-surgery testing.

Seamans was recently presented a New York State Gift of Life Medal of Honor for donating part of her liver, which will eventually regenerate.

She said there are no words for the feeling of knowing she has made such a positive difference in someone's life 鈥� particularly someone so special to her.聽

鈥淏e a donor,鈥� Kuhfta said.

鈥淒efinitely,鈥� Seamans agreed. "It鈥檚 not for everybody 鈥� and I would never say why would you not 鈥� but it鈥檚 something to look into.鈥�