Originally Posted on NCAA.com on June 1, 2016.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Joey Carney finally made the decision for himself and told his parents they could no longer try to talk him out of it: As long as he was a match, he would donate part of his liver to his ailing mother and give her a better life. For the long haul.
Carney knew he had to do it, despite their reservations. And it just so happened when two uncles didn't work out as donors, he was the one in the family who did.