IN DEATH SHE GAVE LIFE, LOVE.(MAIN)

Byline: SHARON COHEN Associated Press

HOLMEN, Wis. -- They had rushed in the night to the hospital and now the mother and father prayed for a glimmer from their golden-haired girl. But the word came fast: Their daughter was about to die.

Meghan Hickerson was just 14.

She had been in a skiing accident. A helicopter delivered her from the mountain to the fourth floor of the hospital. Her brain would never recover, but her heart, her lungs and her liver were strong.

One floor below Meghan's room was Chris Nelson. The priest had come days ago and whispered Last Rites.

Chris' medical problems began at age 2 1/2, when he drank lye. At 10, his esophagus was replaced with part of his colon. Much later, while working at a rubber factory amid toxic dust, he developed hepatitis C.

Doctors discovered a failing liver. He dropped 28 pounds from his 155-pound frame. He told his doctors if he didn't make it, they could take any healthy …