06/22/2022
My father, Sunil Tiwari, is one of the most loving, caring, and generous people I know. He came to the US to pursue a Master’s and, later, a PhD so that he could eventually become a mathematics professor to fulfil his passion of teaching. For nearly 26 years now, he has been engaged in his deepest and fulfilling passion, teaching mathematics to university students, and academic research.
While he has been battling non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis since 2013, he was diagnosed with Hepatopulmonary Syndrome in 2020, a lung disorder caused by cirrhosis. This disease is irreversible and has had severely detrimental effects on his lungs, forcing him to have supplemental oxygen 24/7. As his condition continues to worsen, the specialists at UCSF have determined that liver transplant is his ONLY option to stay alive.
Organ donations most commonly come from the deceased who have given permission for their organs to be used in a transplant. He has been placed on a waiting list on which many patients die or become too sick before making it to surgery, especially in California where the list is too long. Waiting for a liver has been arduous and unforgiving for our family and his best option is to find a living liver donor who has an A or O blood type.
Finding a living liver donor can reduce the potential wait time from years to months. This can be the difference between life and death, which is why I’m taking my search to social media because my dad needs your help ASAP! He has been on the transplant waiting list for 9 months now and his window to get a new liver before he gets too sick is slowly closing.
As Father’s Day has just recently passed, it has further reminded me that I don’t want to have to spend it next year without him. Even if you are unable to donate, it would mean so much if you can FOLLOW, LIKE, and SHARE my dad’s story on any platform and ask others to do the same. It may seem like that is not much, but I guarantee that just sharing my story has an enormous impact. There is someone who will be a good fit for my dad, and we just have to find them.
For more information, please feel free to email us at [email protected] or leave your message here. We would be tremendously grateful for any form of support you can provide.
