So, no one gets transplants anymore? They only need part of someones liver to do one. Sometimes as little as 30%.
He had a lot of other health complications as well, perhaps making him a not ideal candidate for a transplant.
More to it than that. My brother died of liver failure due to untreated hep c and continuing to drink. Which in the long run really didn’t matter since he left the disease untreated.
He turned down a liver transplant. He was far along, but also, under those circumstances the transplant usually later goes bad because of the hep c.
Also, little known, there is a surprising percentage of liver recipients who get hep c from the new liver. A lot of livers for transplant are from hep c donors. The medical establishment thinks it is better to get a liver with hep c than to die from one’s own diseased liver. Hobson’s Choice.
Nasty stuff. Nasty way to go.
He was not forthcoming, but from the time line I extrapolated that he had hep c for at least several decades and for whatever reason refused to acknowledge it and get treatment. He claimed to the end that he did not know he had it, but from what we could see in retrospect we believe he had to know.
I have a friend with Stage 4 liver cancer, due to alcohol, and I suggested that with three siblings one could donate part of their Kidney to her and save her life. And her sister was willing to do so.
For some reason she said that would not work for her and she needed a full liver transplant. I am doubting she will ever get one as her BMI is about 13 or 14 and she has to have a minimum of 17 to get on the list. And I have come to suspect she is still drinking and will never have one. You have to be at least 6 months free of everything to even get on a list.
You don’t get on a transplant list with an ongoing addiction.