Dear Friends, Family and Community,
My loving husband, Houmtala Taloa is in end stage liver disease and is in desperate need of a life-saving liver transplant.
Tala is from the Kingdom of Tonga a very close knit and supportive community. At birth he was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a life threatening liver disease. With the support of his community, at the age of 11 he received his first transplant in Australia. In 1999, he came to America for better healthcare, completed his high school and college education and worked as an aircraft mechanic. He is a wonderful father to our three children, active in the community and good friend to many. He has always been a hard worker, will do anything to provide for his family and is a true role model of strength and determination for our children.
Updates (2)
December 26, 2015
First off, a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS from our family to yours!! We have the BEST gift EVER!! We have a live donor who is a MATCH!! We are so grateful to her and her family who are willing to go through this process with us and be a part of our family forever!! Expected surgery will be in January and are ready for all the emotions that come with this life changing event. We are faced with some of the hardest moments but how grateful we are to share these moments!!
October 22, 2015
Hey friends and family!! Here's an update..we are still looking for the ultimate gift of a live donor!! This is a partial transplant that take's 40% of your liver as a donor and within 6 weeks healing time it has regenerated itself to normal size..how crazy is that!! Please go to and share the application website at
www.mayoclinic.org/forms/living-donor
Thank you always for everyones love and support!!
