RE: Breaking News From The AASLD

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Why can't they give some numbers that are easy to understand??

Like with a MELD of 14 when transplanted their life expectancy is X years, and

with a MELD of 11 when transplanted their life expectancy is Y years.

Because no two people

are the same – either going into the surgery or coming out of it. Your transplant might be text book

perfect, while Ken’s wasn’t.

Every living thing is different from the next. Doctors are human, not gods and they can’t

see into the future, so they do the best they can, to calculate to the best of

their ability, to give a really good guess.

Barb in Texas - Together in the Fight - Whatever it

Takes!

Son Ken (34) UC 91 PSC 99, LTX 6/21 & 6/30 2007

@ Baylor/Dallas