SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Rachel Higginbotham realized that something was wrong with her friend and fellow churchgoer, Billy Massie, after noticing he \u201cdidn\u2019t look well.\u201d <\/p>\n
Billy Massie was diagnosed with a genetic liver disorder and eventually needed a transplant. <\/p>\n
Higginbotham told KSAT that she saw a Facebook post from someone who needed a liver and decided to apply as a donor.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d seen a post on Facebook that someone I knew needed a liver, and I thought, I have a liver, why don\u2019t I apply?\u201d Higginbotham said. <\/p>\n
Billy Massie said the procedure allowed him to return to work and family life. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat decision keeps me here talking to you today, opening up my world again to work, take care of family, watch soccer games and chase kids,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Billy Massie\u2019s wife, Shannon, watched the effect her husband\u2019s transplant had on their family. She felt compelled to donate as well, this time to a stranger. <\/p>\n
Diagnosed with liver cancer, Rozlyn Burma was urged by doctors to receive a transplant before the illness returned. On Dec. 12, Burma says she received word that Shannon was a match.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew what a huge blessing it had been in our lives, and to think, OK, I can give somebody else that opportunity, and I don\u2019t care who it is,\u201d Shannon Massie said. <\/p>\n
Burma described the relief when she learned a donor had been found. <\/p>\n
\u201cI just started bawling because we were under so much stress and anxiety of the wait before cancer returned,\u201d Burma said. <\/p>\n
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