Last night (about midnight) we were getting ready for bed and received a call that Lee was on stand by for a liver, he was the first back up and would receive a call mid morning to let us know if the liver was placed or if it was Lees. We went to bed and had a restless night wondering if we would be heading to Murray in the morning for surgery or if it will be wait longer. This morning we received a call that said the liver had been placed. So that means Lee will be waiting for a while longer.
How organ matching works
When a transplant hospital accepts a person as a transplant candidate, it enters medical data—information such as the person’s blood type and medical urgency and the location of the transplant hospital—about that candidate into UNOS’ computerized network. When an organ procurement organization gets consent for an organ donor, it also enters medical data—information such as the donor’s blood type and body size and the location of the donor hospital—into UNOS’ network.
Using the combination of donor and candidate information, the UNOS computer system generates a “match run,” a rank-order list of candidates to be offered each organ. This match is unique to each donor and each organ. The candidates who will appear highest in the ranking are those who are in most urgent need of the transplant, and/or those most likely to have the best chance of survival if transplanted.
The UNOS Organ Center helps place donated organs for transplantation 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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