1.   But just two weeks before his death, the couple had been celebrating after a last-ditch nationwide appeal found a donor liver to save the life of their baby.

2.   After the donor liver was removed, it was flushed in preservative solutions and then implanted into the sick patient.

3.   But using one donor liver in two patients is still fairly infrequent.

4.   Danny Mantle said Thursday morning that he was surprised and grateful that a donor liver was found so quickly.

5.   For three years Tom, who lives in Santa Rosa, has been on the waiting list at the University of California at San Francisco for a donor liver.

6.   He says he quickly realized that the biggest problem facing these patients was the shortage of donor livers to transplant.

7.   Nationwide, donor livers are in short supply.

8.   The donor liver was the right blood group.

9.   Earlier this month, Hagman underwent a hospital procedure designed to give him more time until a donor liver could be located.

10.   Earlier this month, he underwent a hospital procedure designed to give him more time until a donor liver could be located.