[roadcat]

He suffered liver and kidney failure, and was hoping for a transplant operation. Kind of surprised me that he couldn't get one. My brother-in-law suffered organ failure last week, is in ICU with liver and kidney failure, and was approved for a liver transplant to be done tonight. My wife mentions that if you are an alcoholic or drug abuser like David Cassidy, you have slim chances of getting a transplant because of abusing your own organs, tough luck. My brother-in-law did not abuse his health, and got a serious infection that did in his organs, so he was approved for a transplant.

Did not realize David Cassidy was in such bad shape. RIP.

[Rusty0604]

Prayers for your BIL and family.

[laplata]

Prayers for your brother-in-law and the family.

[GnuThere]

Best wishes to your BIL.
Cassidy also had dementia, so that may have weighed in on what rank or if he was even on the transplant list.
Alcoholics have to be sober 6 months to be eligible, I think he was but dunno.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

If you are rich you will get a liver transplant no matter what, if you are an alcoholic, crack addict or even have cancer. If you got the money they will get you a liver. Look at crack addict and constant Trump basher David Crosby. He said he smoked so much crack that the cocaine crystals started forming under his skin. He gets a new liver. Or John Philips of the Mamas and Papas, he said he did heroin and cocaine every 15 minutes for 2 years as well as alcohol. Gets a new liver no problem, and not only that, a week after getting out of the hospital they caught him at the bar drinking. When they asked what he was doing he said “Breaking in the new liver”. And then you get to Mickey Mantle, hard core alcoholic and he gets a new liver only he also had cancer but they gave him the new liver ANYWAY.

[Yaelle]

Good luck to your brother in law. Prayers up.

[Jane Long]

Prayers for your BIL.