Barb Pitts stares at a post-it note stating “Jesus Loves Me, This I Know” above the mantle in her living room on December 8, 2023 in Chevy Chase, MD.

Gifted to her by the hospital, Barb’s IV ports hang off the mantle as a reminder of her operation on December 8, 2023 in Chevy Chase, MD.

Barb Pitts and her best friend Kay recall their memories of grade school, college, and the bonds they formed following Barb’s surgery on December 11, 2023 in Chevy Chase, MD.

Barb participates in a monthly liver transplant support group ran by MedStar Georgetown Hospital dedicated to answering questions, ease worry, and foster a community of patients both waiting for a liver and those post-transplant on December 11, 2023 in Chevy Chase, MD.

Barb’s terrace dining room, once used by her entire family, now a storage space for trinkets, snacks, and varied items on December 13, 2023 in Chevy Chase, MD.

Barb poses for a photograph of her left arm that was scarred following the removal of an IV port that ruptured a vein on December 11, 2023 in Chevy Chase, MD.

The American Liver Foundation’s National Liver Champion trophy awarded to Barb in 2022 for her two decades of service and activism in which she has raised over $55,000 on December 13, 2023 in Chevy Chase, MD.

Barb displays her liver transplant surgery scar on December 13, 2023 in Chevy Chase, MD

Barb sits in her living room chair following church services on December 13, 2023 in Chevy Chase, MD