61. The average waiting time for a new liver is just over four months, but it varies depending on blood type and other factors. 62. The new liver was draining properly and his kidneys were working again, lead transplant surgeon Dr. Robert Goldstein said in a news conference on Thursday afternoon. 63. When he finished, the new liver, covered in Gore-Tex fabric, was bulging out of the baby. 64. Without the new liver, he was given two weeks to live. 65. Without the new livers, neither women would have lived more than about six months and would not have survived the wait for a healthy liver, doctors said. 66. His body had showed signs of rejecting the new liver, but doctors said that was a normal reaction and was subsiding. 67. In Vienna, he was to undergo a transplant for that and get a new liver. 68. Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle was released from hospital here on Wednesday, almost three weeks after receiving a new liver. |