When the gift of life is quite literal
Donate a liver or kidney to save one
By Ann Efimetz
Modified: Monday, October 18, 2010
Originally Published:
Saturday, October 16, 2010 6:08 PM EDT
Doctors believe those transfusions gave him Hepatitis C, a virus which leads to swelling of the liver. In severe cases such as his, the virus results in cirrhosis. His liver is failing.
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Doctors suggested a liver transplant. But despite his obvious need, doctors were clear on two things: He wouldn’t be eligible as an AIDS patient, and he had two years to live.
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Linda Schiel, of Torrington, underwent a liver transplant Jan. 19. She had contracted hepatitis C from a blood transfusion in 1978, but wasn’t diagnosed with the disease until the early 1990s
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