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People are coming in from all over the country, and maybe even beyond, hoping
to donate a lobe of their liver, or a kidney, to Nick. That’s very sweet of
all of you, and trust me, I wish it gave us more hope, but he’s in really bad
shape. If this were the future, the hospital might be able to hook him up to
machines to keep his whole body alive. They could replace every vital body
part and organ temporarily until a more permanent solution could be found. I
like the way you think. With all these volunteers, there’s surely a perfect
match for him somewhere out there. The problem is that it will take too much
time to find that person, and in the meantime, Nick’s body is shutting down.
He’s being kept alive by the machines that are available today, however, they
are limited in scope. I don’t want to discourage you from hope, but what do
you want me to say to you? Do you want me to lie, and claim that he’s going to
get out of this because he’s survived so much until now? I’m sorry, but I
don’t see how we could succeed. They just took too much from him. He probably
won’t survive the week, let alone major surgery. From my perspective,
I am willing to try, but the donors would be risking their own health
on a huge gamble. Believe me, he’ll be the first to promote living donorship.
He thinks that it shouldn’t be so stigmatized, that signing up to donate
should be an obvious choice that any healthy person should make. The fact of
the matter is, though, that we don’t live in that world. We’re not ready for
it. Perhaps one day we will. Perhaps this will galvanize society into making
changes, not because we’re bad people now, but because we can always improve
ourselves. Unfortunately, Nick is not going to be able to benefit from such a
world. Like I was saying, the hospital is doing everything they can, and it’s
not like I’m stopping people from reaching out to the administrators with
their inquiries. I just feel the need to manage your expectations. If this
crazy plan works out, it’ll be a miracle, and how many of those does one
person get in their life. Dutch and I have already been tested for
compatibility, and we’re no good, so it would be up to you. Sadly, I don’t
like our odds. His luck and time are both running out.
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