Olympic snowboarder, bronze medalist and liver transplant recipient, Chris Klug recently visited transplant patients at Le Bonheur.

In 1993, Klug was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis, a rare liver disease whose causes are unknown and that has no cure. On July 28, 2000, Klug received a liver transplant at the University of Colorado Hospital in Denver. Klug learned later that his new liver came from a 13-year-old gun shot victim whose parents decided to donate his organs - saving Klug’s life.

Four months after his surgery, Klug was back on the World Cup Circuit. In 2002, a year and a half after his transplant, Klug won a bronze medal at the Winter Olympics in Park City, Utah.