SALT LAKE CITY — When Justin and Jasmyn Tibbs from St. George found out their seven-month-old daughter, Elie — who had a rare liver disorder called biliary atresia — needed a transplant, Justin immediately volunteered.

But the portion of his liver they needed was too big for Elie’s body.

At the same time, 15-year-old Marissa Kauffman from Lehi was being treated for another rare liver disease — primary sclerosing cholangitis — and also needed a transplant.

“Not a soul in our family matched,” said Tara Kauffman, Marissa’s mom.

The Kauffmans’ neighbor, Annie Larrabee, stepped up to donate.

“Immediately it came to me, like, I need to do this,” Larrabee said. “I just had this prompting that I should do it.”

But her liver was too small.

So, doctors at Intermountain Primary Child

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