A Kingston couple is desperately hoping to find a second liver donor for one of their twin adopted daughters.
The Wagner's three-year-old daughters both suffer from a genetic disorder that affects the liver, heart and other organs called Alagille Syndrome.
The girls both need new livers to survive -- but their father can only save one of them with his liver donation.
Doctors at Toronto General Hospital will decide which of the girls, named Binh and Phuoc, will receive the transplant.
Johanne Wagner, the twins’ mother, says doctors are expected to perform the surgery in about two weeks.
“What it would mean is life for the girls, because without the gift of a liver right now, their life will be very short. So it means a future, it means life, it means a huge change for them and our family,” said Johanne.
In the meantime, the family is going public with their story in hopes of finding a donor for the other daughter.
They’ve started a Facebook campaign to not only promote donation, but to try and find matches for the twins; spreading the word to see who could be compatible.
The Wagners say they knew the girls had liver problems when they adopted them from Vietnam.
“It’s the waiting. It’s the knowing that they need this liver, and waiting for it to happen, and you have no control over it,” said Michael Wagner, the girls’ father.
"There's no money you can pay, there's no other way other than what we're doing now, trying to raise awareness."
Written with files from the Canadian Press.
