A few weeks before Easter 2008, Lia Cirelli, a smart, happy 11-year-old from Redding, Connecticut, who rarely got tired, sick or bored, began complaining about stomach aches. One Tuesday afternoon, Laura Cirelli watched her daughter step off the school bus clutching her stomach, pushing against her upper rib cage. The next day Lia's skin turned yellow, almost orange. She was later diagnosed with a rare condition called Wilson's disease that caused her body to retain copper and now the buildup was causing her liver to fail. Incredibly, a 27-year-old social worker and distant relative of the Cirellis' - who was in Connecticut for the Easter weekend - turned
out to be a match.
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