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A man's Facebook plea for a liver donor attracted the attention of a high-school acquaintance he hadn't spoken to in 20 years.

In April 2024, after experiencing appetite loss and losing 15 pounds in a month, Steven Register, 42, was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer , according to SWNS.

Doctors told the former MLB pitcher — who played for the Colorado Rockies in 2008 and the Philadelphia Phillies in 2009 — that a liver transplant was likely his best chance of survival.

MAN WITH STAGE 4 CANCER RAISES $150K FOR EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT

"When we first met with the doctors, they gave me a year to a year-and-a-half to live," Register said, adding that he and his wife, Beth, immediately started researching options.

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