The bowel will come and fill this up. Surgeons work against the clock as they try to restore blood flow to the donor liver in its new home. Deep breath for me. The procedure went well for both Tom and Kitty, but the recovery process has been slower, and more painful than they expected. Tom must take up to 50 pills a day to avoid organ rejection.
Liver transplant is high risk.
And when you're talking about people who have children to care for, many children, you certainly don't want to wind up in a situation, where in a desperate effort to rescue somebody's life, you wind up with a donor who has died, children who are orphaned and someone who in fact may not thrive or survive as the result of the donation of a liver. And it isn't the choice for everyone. You always have to have patience. You always have to show love, and you have to persevere in life. Live donors must also undergo medical screening to rule out problems like heart disease, lung disease, or alcohol abuse.