Kingston, Ont., man turns to a billboard to make his plea for a liver donor – Kingston [Video]

John Bourgeois has been waiting two-and-a-half agonizing years hoping someone will be able to help him.

After battling prostate cancer, the 54-year-old’s health problems only worsened in 2021.

There were extended stays in the hospital to try and figure out what was going on.

“We had just come through his prostate cancer treatments so we didn’t know what was going on and it was during COVID, we couldn’t be in the hospital with him,” said his wife, Angela Pottier.

Then, Bourgeois learned his kidneys were failing because of his liver. He would need a liver transplant to live and things were complicated more when he learned that, based on testing, he did not qualify for priority status.

“At the time, it was just very overwhelming,” Bourgeois said.

Then Bourgeois saw a sign advertising billboard space for rent on Bath Road and he had an idea.

Earlier this week his plea went up.

Anyone passing by is alerted to Bourgeiois’ plight.

He hopes people with Type …