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Hope's gift of life: Gainesville teen waits on transplant list
Life-saving procedure to replace organs will cost family $100K
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An emotional phone call came a day too late for Hope Kienle. Hope, a 14-year-old at North Hall Middle School, has been on a pre-transplant waiting list for months. She’s set for a multivisceral operation that will give her a new liver, stomach, colon, pancreas and small bowel.