KENTWOOD, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan State Police Trooper Christopher Boven has known since he was 13 that he was someday going to need a new liver. That day came 23 years later in 2017 when a healthy, active life began to falter.
Boven, 37, continued to work even though his doctors told him the time for a transplant was at hand.
Boven’s Henry Ford Health System liver doctor works with Spectrum Health’s liver clinic in Kentwood, which provides pre- and post-surgical care and saved Boven from the 3.5-hour drive between Detroit and Muskegon, where he lives with his wife, 4-year-old son and 2-month-old foster daughter.
“This arrangement is beneficial for both institutions, particularly for our patients in the area like Trooper Boven,” said Dr. Andrew Shreiner, gastroenterology section chief at Spectrum Health.
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