Liver transplant saves Oakland woman's life, giving her reason to advocate for more organ donations

Goldie Williams was given just weeks to live and underwent an emergency liver transplant. She is already raising awareness about organ donations, which are desperately needed.

Goldie Williams, 38, was given only weeks to live early this summer after she was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis. Doctors say her body attacked her liver for no reason.

"I started feeling kind of sick – tired and nauseous, and it just wouldn’t go away," she said. "I just didn’t grasp it." After waking up one morning in May with her eyes jaundiced, Williams went to the hospital and learned her liver was failing. The normally healthy mother of three needed an emergency transplant. She was bumped up on the long waiting list.

"I was elevated on the list because I was going to die," Williams said. "That was a lot to deal with."

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