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When a donor organ becomes available to someone in need of a transplant, medical personnel need to act quickly. It only takes a few hours for expanding ice crystals to damage delicate tissue, leaving a window of less than 12 hours to assess, transport, and implant the new organ.
This not only creates a tremendous time crunch to perform a delicate procedure, but leaves many organs unviable for transplantation.
But a new breakthrough could vastly improve the landscape of liver transplantation: Scientists kept a liver preserved for three days, in non-frozen conditions, before transplanting it into a patient.
Moreover, that liver had been deemed unviable by transplant centers, since it had a tumor and came from a patient with sepsis (bacterial infection) that needed to be assessed and treated. The three-day window allowed the researchers to perform these actions, clearing the liver for transplant.
A year later, the recipient was perfectly healthy, with normal liver function and a normal quality of life. Although further investigation is necessary ahead of widespread clinical uptake, the results could mean, in the future, an increase in the number of livers deemed viable for transplantation.
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Was really feeling myself today.
#personal#myself#me#my face#selfie#liver transplant#organ donation#organ donor#organ transplant#words#girls with red hair#girls with tattoos#sober journey#soberliving#sober#sob
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Hey everyone !! please read
I am breaking my tumblr hiatus to bring attention to something really important to my family. A family friend is in need of a kidney transplant, and Lebanon is facing its worst economic crisis and their hospitals aren't the most affordable either..
It is costing 11,000USD / 17,000 AUD for a kidney transplant
Any help is appreciated, any amount, even a reblog. I really hope this post reaches some kind souls and makes a difference to Hussein's life.
Thank youu <3
#gofundme#go fund me#charity#donate#resources#support#grassroots#lebanon#crisis#help#liver transplant#health#healthcare#doctors#surgery
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HBD to my liver 🥳 1 year down forever to go 💚
#my face#selfie#health update#liver transplant#hospital#spring#autoimmunedisease#autoimmune disease awareness#smile#black and white
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It's been a wild 24 hours.
Yesterday we got the call that there was a live for my dad, there have been several set backs, this is the 5th time we got the call (the last was bittersweet because the person was taken off life support and began breathing on their own, which is wonderful) but last night the surgery started.
Today they stopped the surgery and temporarily closed him up because he had lost so much blood and there is apparently still a bleed, but they will continue tomorrow.
I am a ball of stress and anxiety, luckily my job is amazing and they put me in a low spoon role.
I'm also working south my siblings to continue raising funds for the expenses that exist and will follow for 12+ weeks after he is released from the hospital and has to remain in the area, and what we have saved will not last nearly long enough.
With that said my family needs your help.
Donate if you are able But please please please share.
The more eyes the better.
https://cash.app/$BarnettMedicalExpens
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//21 years of fighting trying and living//
(Yesterday) I celebrated my 21 years of living with a transplant organ and after 3 whole years I can say.
I'm happy to be alive.
I'm happy to not have killed myself and yesterday it showed, today it shows- tomorrow each day it shows.
It's been a long fight not only those years but the entire run down.
I've been born with a genetic defect to my gallbladder- causing my liver to fail.
The doctors didn't even gave me 2 months and I still made it- I'm here in a bus.
Driving to work- as a 23 year old young adult.
It's weird and yet good- I made it.
So a toast to a set of 21 more years full of life.
#text post#happy second birthday#21 years with transplant and many more to come#its weird to look even back- I can't remember shit#duh i was a baby and so on but#they didnt gave me 2 monthd to live#but here i am on another day in my shift#life is weird isnt it?#organ transplant#liver transplant
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This is my cousin. She's currently waiting for a liver transplant due to liver infection. She was previously in a medically-induced coma because she was in septic shock.
If you can, could you please donate to the GoFundMe account set up by her sister to assist with both the transplant and postoperative medical costs. It doesn't have to be a lot. If you can't then words of encouragement would be fine
Normally, I don't ask people for money, but I can't lose my cousin. She's like a sister to me. I will post a link below. Thank you for your time.
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Dibs on his liver!
5/18/23
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How Much Does Liver Transplant Costs in India?
The liver is our body's second-largest organ. It aids digestion by breaking down all of the nutrients in food and can withstand a lot of stress and abuse, but it can only go so far before getting into a stage of severe liver disease or cirrhosis. In recent times, the increase in demand for liver transplants has increased. If you are on this page, then you might be thinking of getting a liver transfer. Here we have discussed the procedure of getting a liver transfer along with liver transplant costs in India and many more.
What is a liver transplant?
A liver transplant is a procedure in which a diseased or unhealthy liver is replaced with one from a living or deceased donor. When a person has ESLD (End-Stage Liver Disease), a liver transplant is a last resort effort to save a dying patient's life. continue reading
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We’re supporting human organ transplant survivors, organ surgery recipients, organ donors. Safe Life!
#organ donor#bone marrow transplant#heart transplant#kidney transplant#liver transplant#lung transplant#organ donors#organ transplant#transplant#transplantation#transplant survivors#Spotify
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BIG NEWS
I'm not sure who's left around these parts that doesn't follow me on facebook or whatever but for anyone who knows the struggle --
Yesterday/last night my mom finally received her double organ transplant after waiting 5 years. The surgery was successful and her new liver and kidney are healthy and the doctors are very happy. She was up and talking today already even after a 15+ hour transplant surgery.
I want to send big love to her team of doctors, and the most most most love to the family who lost their child and chose to give the gift of life during their tragedy.
Please consider being an organ donor!
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My scar makes me feel empowered now. If I can live through this, I can live through anything.
#personal#words#myself#me#liver transplant#organ donation#my face#organ donor#organ transplant#scars#scar#tw: surgery#surgery#liverhealth#liver failure#cirrhosis#liver disease#selfie#red hair#redhead#witchblr#donate life
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the way to a mans heart is through his liver ♥️ (cannibalism rizz)
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To die for 😁
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World Liver Day is celebrated on 19th April of every year to aware people of the importance of healthy liver and to advance liver disease prevention and management. The liver is an important organ of the human body that plays out various basic capabilities like detoxification, digestion, and protein synthesis.
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