Erika Zak has spent the last four years battling advanced colon cancer and only a liver transplant will save the young mother’s life.
Surgery to remove as much of theĀ cancerĀ as possible left her with a fist-sized hole in her liver – but Erika’s insurance provider denied her coverage for the transplant.
The insurer called the surgery an ‘unproven’ treatment – despite a letter from Erika’s doctors insisting that it was not only a valid course of action, but the only shot she would have at survival.