Erika Zak, who inspired millions through her resilience in her fight for a liver transplant, died Friday during a transplant operation. She was 39.
Erika Zak, the mother who inspired millions through her resilience to fight for a liver transplant, died early Friday during surgery, her husband, Scott Powers, told CNN. She was 39.
Her death came after a liver became available Thursday afternoon, and her transplant team at the Cleveland Clinic hustled to prepare her for surgery, Powers said.The news of the available liver buoyed Erika's spirits and spread excitement among her surgical team and family after waiting more than a year for this moment, he said. Before going into surgery, he said, Erika was able to spend time with the couple's 5-year-old daughter, Loïe.
— CNN Newsroom August 21, 2019 Couple met during collegeErika and Scott Powers met in 1998 when he was at Brown University and she was at the Rhode Island School of Design, both in Providence.The two were polar opposites. He was the MVP of Brown's soccer team and majored in economics. She was into the arts and majored in textile design. He was from the tightly wound East Coast, she from the free-wheeling West Coast. A love was born. He made her laugh and feel beautiful.
— Erika Zak August 11, 2019 Even as her health worsened, she urged people to sign up to become organ donors to save the lives of others."We are overwhelmed with love and this amazing community of people -- friends and strangers," she wrote on Instagram."Fingers crossed that we can make a difference for me and so many like me.
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