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Family and friends of Scott Linscott are raising money to pay for uninsured medical expenses associated with transplantation.

Scott chose to fundraise with HelpHOPELive (formerly HelpHOPELive – The Leader in Fundraising Assistance and Support for Transplant and Catastrophic Injury) in part because HelpHOPELive provides both tax-deductibility and fiscal accountability to contributors. Contributors can be sure that funds contributed will be used only to pay or reimburse medically-related expenses.

Dear Friends of Scott Linscott
Some of you may know Scott from his years as the Founder and Director of Teens Alive or some of you may know him as the Youth Pastor of your Church during at some point since 1985 or maybe some of you know him as the Blog writer of “Drinking from the Same Dipper” (www.scottlinscott.com ) . Others may know him as Donald Linscott, III, friend and the funniest guy you want to sit next to at a Portland Seadogs baseball game. He is an amazing husband, father, friend and brother. He married his college sweetheart, Robin in 1984 and they have raised three awesome kids – Josh, Shara and Jake.
In May 2011, while vacationing in Florida with his wife, Scott was diagnosed with “end stage liver failure” due to Non-Alcohol Cirrhosis of the Liver (NASH). The shock and seriousness of Scott’s medical condition sent everyone who knows him into a shock and awe prayer vigil. Scott has been in and out of the hospital approximately every 15 days since May with numerous failed treatments. Scott’s only chance for survival and a cure, is a liver transplant.
GREAT NEWS!
On May 7,2012, Scott’s son Josh gave him half of his liver to save his life. Today, both are doing very well. Josh is a Urologist and Scott is a photographer (www.MaineProPhoto.com) and the pastor of a small, family church in Maine.
Their incredible story was featured at a music festival for 12,000 people in a professionally produced 2 minute video promoting organ donation. (See it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARSvSV4cuXc )
Funds raised through HelpHOPElive.org have been a tremendous help to the Linscott family as transportation, lodging, co-pays and uncovered procedures have already totaled several thousand dollars. Though the transplant was successful and things are going very well, they still will need help from time to time with high co-pays and continuing challenges.
They are so thankful for all who have helped to this point. The Lord has provided for them every step of the way.
Thank you for being part of their team.

Updates (6)

January 7, 2020

1/7/20

How thankful we are that things are continuing well. Though we have had a few common, small scares with fluctuating liver numbers and lab reports, life is good. We, transplant recipients, get nervous whenever our numbers fluctuate. But, altogether, life is incredible and we are very blessed.

Scott

March 28, 2017

It's a wonderful life!

May 7, 2017 marks my five year liver transplant anniversary. Since my transplant our family has added 2 grandchildren with a third on the way.

We have been blessed to photograph destination weddings at several locations around the country all the way to Hawaii! I have also travelled to Guatemala twice to work photographing the work of a non-profit working with 8000+ children trapped in poverty.

To mark my third year with a new liver I completed a 180 mile, 3 day bicycle trek across the state of Maine.

Today, the only evidence that I had a transplant is the side-effects of the medicines I will take for the rest of my life.

Medical visits include blood labs every three months ($1200), dermatology scans every six months to watch for cancer, annual checks at the transplant center, and now a yearly heart check.

So far, everything has gone great!

We are so very grateful to all who have helped us on this journey. Though we lost our house, our savings and our retirement funds, we are now rebuilding and moving forward.

Life is great!

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September 26, 2011

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