'A big ask': Charlottetown woman seeking living liver donor

A Charlottetown nurse is reaching out to the community to ask a huge favour: she's looking for a live donor for a liver transplant.

Hara Kempton suffers from Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, a rare autoimmune liver disease that attacks the bile ducts.

Last year, she was placed on a transplant list for a deceased donor. But now that she's getting sicker, she's turning to social media in search of a person willing to give her part of their liver.

"Some of the things that have been going on over the last few years has been: a lot more pain, a lot less energy to live my life," Kempton said.

"We have a new grand-baby that we want to spend time with, we have family and friends that we like to see and all of that has changed.

"Often I don't make plans too far ahead of time because I never know I'm actually going to be able to attend."

Kempton started Facebook page named "The Big Ask- A new Liver for Hara" in which she asks for volunteers to the Living Liver Donor Program in order to become a potential donor.