Liver transplant to give coach ‘second chance at life’

Eric Wells was diagnosed at age 19 with ulcerative colitis, an intestinal condition that has a direct effect related to liver function and can lead to other complications of the digestive system. The only cure is a liver transplant and for the last two years, with his health in decline since February 2015, the Seacoast United Pirates baseball coach, now 27, had been looking for a donor.