Wichita chef was near death before April liver transplant. Now, he wants to cook.

When he woke up in the hospital after his liver transplant back in April, Wichita-area chef Rick Jeffrey said he instantly felt better.

“Everybody tells you that you’ll feel like a new person, and when I woke up after the operation, I was ready to go,” Jeffrey said this week. “I’m like, ‘OK, let’s go home.’”

Now, Jeffrey, 61, is home. After months in Kansas City waiting for a liver, getting a liver, then recovering from surgery at his daughter’s house in Liberty, Missouri, Jeffrey is now back at his home in Derby, working to gain weight and get his strength back…

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