The 28-year-old Neshoba County man who had to travel to Houston for a liver transplant because of a dispute between his insurer and the hospital that runs the state’s only organ transplant program received his new liver on Saturday.
by Kate Royals, Mississippi Today August 17, 2022 Caden LeMieux smiles for the camera on Wednesday, three days after receiving his liver transplant. Ironically, Caden LeMieux’s new liver came from someone in Mississippi, his mother Cristi Montgomery said. “His surgeon actually flew back to Mississippi himself and picked up the organ, then flew back to Houston,” said Montgomery.
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