{"id":453119,"date":"2026-09-04T08:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T08:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/453119\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T08:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T08:02:10","slug":"stranger-saves-los-angeles-babys-life-through-organ-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/453119\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger saves Los Angeles baby&#8217;s life through organ donation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mi1rgtobf3977htm.jpg\" alt=\"Stranger saves baby's life through organ donation\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mi1rgtobf3977htm.jpg\" alt=\"Stranger saves baby's life through organ donation\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-5173a8d8=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/video\/fmc-ixwvnfl3wy7egfq5\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stranger saves baby&#8217;s life through organ donation<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-892ef6a8=\"\">A baby named Julian received a life-saving liver transplant on Aug. 20 after matching with an anonymous donor. The donor, Ryan Keith of Hawaii, met Julian and his parents in person for the first time.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A Los Angeles family came face-to-face with the stranger who saved their baby&#8217;s life through organ donation.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Lissette Naula and her husband, Juan, were living a nightmare in July when doctors informed them that a liver transplant was the only hope for their baby, Julian.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Juan Naula is known on social media for making it his personal mission to clean up the streets of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">On Aug. 20, their prayers were answered when an anonymous donor matched with Julian. That donor remained anonymous until they met in person for the first time.<\/p>\n<p> Hawaii donor matches with baby <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Ryan Keith, a woman from Hawaii, signed up to be an organ donor late last year, fulfilling a goal she had wanted to accomplish for a long time.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">She received the call that a child needed a transplant the day before her birthday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Keith had no idea about Julian&#8217;s story until this week, but she is now forever bonded with the child and his parents.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Keith said that whenever someone has a chance to do something for their fellow people, the ripple effects can be widespread.<\/p>\n<p> Emotional meeting at hospital <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Lissette Naula said she was feeling many emotions and that the experience felt like a dream. She added that she could not find the right words to properly thank Keith for the donation that has given Julian a new life.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Children&#8217;s Hospital Los Angeles is ranked among the best in the nation for liver transplants, but medical staff emphasize there remains a great need for donors.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Inspired by the life-saving gift, Juan Naula said he is adding organ donation advocacy to his ongoing mission to make Los Angeles a better place.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">You can learn more about becoming a live donor by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chla.org\/liver-transplant-program\/living-donor-liver-transplant\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this report was provided by Children&#8217;s Hospital Los Angeles and reporting from FOX 11.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/los-angeles-county\/los-angeles\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/series\/instastories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instastories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stranger saves baby&#8217;s life through organ donation A baby named Julian received a life-saving liver transplant on Aug.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1184,2444,48,52,51,47,137,50,49,100,425,1181],"class_list":["post-453119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ca","tag-instastories","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-news","tag-series","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}