YAKIMA VALLEY, Wash. – Across the country, more than 100,000 people are waiting for organ transplants. In Washington, over 1,500 men, women and children are in need of life-saving care.

Al Bass, who previously worked as a robotics instructor with the Yakima School District, shared his journey. “I was a teacher. I was, subbing out to the Yakima School District as a robotics instructor… I always say begin with an end in mind. Focused on the endpoint. I had noticed I started getting dementia. A little forgetful quite often,” Bass said.

After showing symptoms, his wife intervened. “She threatened me to call an ambulance. Stubborn as I am, I didn’t [want to]. We went ahead and went in and that that day I got diagnosed with a liver issue. They called it NASH,” said Bass.

Bass spent a decade d

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