Former MLB pitcher finds liver donor in high-school classmate he hadn’t seen in 20 years

Former MLB pitcher finds liver donor in high-school classmate he hadn’t seen in 20 years

Stage 4 cancer patient was given just 18 months to live before the life-saving offer

"When we first met with the doctors, they gave me a year to a year-and-a-half to live," said Steven Register (pictured above with his wife, Beth). (SWNS)

Kristin Johnston (pictured above), a 40-year-old preschool teacher from Roswell, Georgia, saw Register's Facebook post and recognized him as a former high-school classmate. (SWNS)

The Register family — Steven, Beth and their three children, McKenzie (middle-left), Blakely (middle-right) and Brooks (front and center) — launched a fundraiser on SupportNow to help with travel, food and medical expenses. (SWNS)