NORTHWOODS - In the early 2000s Ryan Meyer, an eye doctor in the Upper Peninsula, was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis. The disease gradually causes severe liver damage.
By 2011 Ryan needed a liver transplant. And he needed it in a hurry. His brother Ron, also an eye doctor in the Upper Peninsula, decided to give Ryan half of his liver.
"I was losing a bunch of weight, nothing was functioning, I was retaining water, all kinds of stuff, and it was one of those things where I needed it quickly or I wasn't going to be here anymore," Ryan said.
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