SP couple waits for organ transplant for child

Brian and Deanna Johnson of Cape Arthur in Severna Park have had to make a temporary move to Pittsburgh, Pa. to a two-bedroom apartment near the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

The only accessory from home they brought along was a clock. The bare necessaties as they huddle and wait for their one -year old son son Zachary (Zac) to receive a life-saving liver transplant.

Zac and his twin Aiden were born seven weeks premature on July 2, 2006. Zac was born with Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) (also known as Short Gut Syndrome), a condition that attacks the tissues in the intestines. After several surgeries, he has about half...