The transplant team met with the committee today to discuss Ron's case for transplant. Our transplant coordinator, Cindy, called with some 'not so good news'. During one of his CTs they came across calcification of his aorta and coronary arteries.
Ron is scheduled for a heart cath at Piedmont-Atlanta, Friday, August 6th.
From what I've been reading, 26% of patients waiting for a liver transplant have some type of cardiac issue..........and if the patient is transplanted without resolving the cardiac problem, there is a 50% fatality rate.
We're not sure what they will find during his heart cath - whether they will be able to resolve the issue then and there, or his condition will require open heart surgery, or they will postpone the liver transplant or 'nix' the transplant all together.
I do know that if he doesn't receive a liver - the liver cancer will continue to grow and we don't have any time to waste.
We'll wait to hear - Ron is disappointed - but we're not giving up!
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