Got a call at 10:30 this morning and it was the royal fee. They had a liver for me. At this point they said that they had to run tests on it to confirm it was viable so the chances of the transplant happening today were 50/50.
I grabbed my bag and shot down there, then the wait began. I saw the anaesthetist and I had three lots of blood taken a total of 18 vials, I had a chest X-ray and a tap done on the ascetic fluids. At 4:30 the surgeon came to tell me that the liver wasn’t viable and that there would be not transplant today.
To be honest 5 hours was a short wait time and I’ve only been on the list for a month so it’s not a massive blow but I won’t lie and say I’m not gutted that it isn’t happening today. In my head I was already planning things I could do again in the summer!
Oh well still could all be done before then.
Dan's liver transplant 
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