Anything for a Friend' Coming together to help local man, others By JAMIE LAMPROS Standard-Examiner correspondent T% VfARRIOTT- \/l SLATERVILLE - For JLYJLthe past five years, Cody and Amy Anderson have endured a grueling "prep school," leading up to what will be his greatest test — a liver transplant. Anderson, 31, has primary sclerosing cholangitis, a disease that causes swelling, scarring and destruction of the bile ducts both inside and outside of the liver. In January, doctors told him he needed a liver transplant. "After a few days of the news, we came to realize that this is what all our health struggles have prepared us for," Amy said. "We know that we are given this to help others and teach them some of his lessons learned. This is his second chance at life." Anderson's health struggles began in 2006, shortly after the birth of his son. After several months, he was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease affecting the large intestine and rectum. Diet and medication didn't help and Anderson ended up having surgery a little over two years later. Then o ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner Cody Anderson holds Hutton, 5, and Amy Anderson holds Huston, 2, at their home in Marriott-Slaterville. Cody Anderson has struggled with liver disease for several years, most recently with primary sclerosing cholangitis and is waiting for a liver transplant. A community fundraiser walk/run and dinner is set for Saturday in Taylor through Anything for a Friend. he began bleeding internally, requiring emergency surgery on Easter morning of 2008. "From there Cody was finally on the mend," Amy said. "He started feeling better than he had in three years. We were finally on our way to being a normal family. During this time we were able to build a new home, have one more little boy and start building a normal life for our family." That normalcy wouldn't last long, however. Last April, Anderson started showing signs of jaundice, a yellowish pigmentation of The fundraiser DATE: June 4 TIME: 4:30 to 8 p.m. PLACE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Taylor church house, 2200 S. 4300 West, Taylor. ACTIVITIES: 5K at 4:30 p.m., dinner at 5 p.m., silent and live auctions, kid's corner, entertainment, balloon launch.