Nick LaBrie, a longtime local paramedic in need of a liver transplant, is “humbled” after awaking in a hospital to learn the community donated more than $25,000 to his family via GoFundMe, according to online updates from LaBrie’s sister.
LaBrie, who has been living with autoimmune hepatitis, a chronic liver disease, since he was 12 years old, awoke on Friday, Nov. 29, after spending one week on life support, said his younger sister, Michelle LaBrie Matthews.
LaBrie lives in Church Hill and works as a paramedic field training officer in Kent County, Del., but he has worked with the Maryland State Police, Goodwill Volunteer Fire Department in Centreville and emergency services departments in Caroline, Queen Anne’s and Talbot counties, as well as rescue squads with Kent and Queen Anne’s counties.