1-year-old Kentucky girl healthy and thriving thanks to life-saving organ donation Share Updated: 6:55 PM EST Dec 25, 2020 Share Updated: 6:55 PM EST Dec 25, 2020
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Show Transcript SHE WAS ABOUT EIGHT-WEEKS-OLD, AND WE JUST KIND OF LOOKED AT HER ONE DA AND LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID, SHE KIND OF LOOKS A LITTLE BIT YELLOW JENNIFER: AT JUST EIGHT-WEEKS-OLD, KYLE AND KATIE DIETZ’S NEWBORN BABY GIRL, AVA, RECEIVED A LIFE CHANGING DIAGNOSIS. THEY WERE PRETTY SURE SHE HAD THIS LIVER DISEASE CALLED BILIARY ATRESIA, AND IT WAS CONFIRMED ABOUT 24 HOURS LATER. JENNIFER: AVA’S DOCTORS TOLD HER PARENTS A LIVER TRANSPLANT WAS HER ONLY CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. ON JUNE 16, 2020, AVA RECEIVED THAT LIFE SAVING GIFT. TO SEE THE LIFE THAT CAN BE SAVED BY DONATING IS JUST INCREDIBLE. AVA IS FIRST HAND PROOF THAT IT IS TRULY A GIFT. JENNIFER: AVA’S STORY IS ONE OF MANY SUCCESSFUL TRANSPLANTS TH YEAR. THE KENTUCKY ORGAN DONOR AFFILIATES REPORTS A
we re working more but we re not seeing any rewards for that. it s very frustrating. woodruff: then, margaret warner in baghdad reports on iraqis daily frustrations with an essential element of modern life electricity. lehrer: mark shields and david brooks give their analysis of the week s news. woodruff: and tom bearden, in morgan city, louisiana, looks at how even the b.p. oil spill couldn t stop the 75th annual shrimp and petroleum festival. despite a lot of concerns about the future, this town is ready to party. lehrer: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. lehrer: the august jobs report turned out a mixed bag of results today. there were slight improvements in the private sector,
it s very frustrating. woodruff: then, margaret warner in baghdad reports on iraqis daily frustrations with an essential element of modern life electricity. lehrer: mark shields and david brooks give their analysis of the week s news. woodruff: and tom bearden, in morgan city, louisiana, looks at how even the b.p. oil spill couldn t stop the 75th annual shrimp and petroleum festival. despite a lot of concerns about the future, this town is ready to party. lehrer: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing suppo of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. lehrer: the august jobs report turned out a mixed bag of results today. there were slight improvements in the private sector, but they were not enough to reduce overall unemployment. ray suare
doing more for less. we re working more but we re not seeing any rewards for that. it s very frustrating. woodruff: then, margaret warner in baghdad reports on iraqis daily frustrations with an essential element of modern life electricity. lehrer: mark shields and david brooks give their analysis of the week s news. woodruff: and tom bearden, in morgan city, louisiana, looks at how even the b.p. oil spill couldn t stop the 75th annual shrimp and petroleum festival. despite a lot of concerns about the future, this town is ready to party. lehrer: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. lehrer: the august jobs report turned out a mixed bag of results today. there were slight improvements in
morgan city, louisiana, looks at how even the b.p. oil spill couldn t stop the 75th annual shrimp and petroleum festival. despite a lot of concerns about the future, this town is ready to party. lehrer: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. lehrer: the august jobs report turned out a mixed bag of results today. there were slight improvements in the private sector, but they were not enough to reduce overall unemployment. ray suarez has our story. suarez: more people found work in construction as the summer closed, and in hospitals and other health care work. in all, private employers added 67,000 jobs, a modest gain, but better than expected. at the same time, the public sector shed 121,000 pos