Friday, March 8, 2019

My Three Livers


My Three Livers: how transplants gave me my life back

Photo from Ms. Walker's Twitter page
Patient Commentary by Erin Walker patient insight and involvement lead UCL Partners, London, UK.  Ms. Walker, now aged 36 has survived > 30 years post her first liver transplant. (BMJ, 3 March, 2019)

By the time Erin Walker turned 20 she was on her third liver, after a second transplant. Seventeen years on she reflects how organ donation has enabled her to experience many of life’s rites of passage.

The Full Article is well-worth reading.

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