PASADENA, Calif. — Two years ago, 11-year-old Mikey Carraway lay dying in a hospital bed. He was saved by a liver from a 15-year old Inland Empire boy, who had died in a car crash.
Mikey met the family of Johnny Hernandez Wednesday, three days before he's to ride a float in the Rose Parade to promote organ donation.
Mikey, now 13, and his mom Shaheda Wright thanked the Hernandez family in person in the rare meeting between a donor family and an organ recipient.
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On Saturday, Mikey will represent the California Transplant Donor Network on the "Donate Life" float, which will feature 30 organ recipients and the portraits of 60 donors made out of flowers.