The average liver transplant wait time at Chapel Hill is around 11 months. However, it depends on how sick you are because they don't transplant you until your MELD score is around 24.
The average liver transcipient has a survival rate of 85% at one year status post transplant.
The average transplant costs $250,000 and meds are $5000 after the transplant.
2 Samuel 22:31
Psalm 18:2
Friday, February 13, 2009
Transplant Bound
This past week was the good, the bad and the ugly all rolled into one.
We drove up to Chapel Hill so we could go to the transplant class. It is a very good thing that they don't just give away livers to the first person that can pay for one. They are a priceless comodity for the sick person that needs one.
Mike needs a liver. So we attended the class and found out the transplant will cost about $250,000 and his meds will cost $5,000 per month after the transplant. If his insurance stays the same the cost to us will be around $1500 for the surgery and about $300 per month for his anti-rejection meds. The cost of the meds will actually reduce after time as he goes on fewer meds; however, for the first couple of months he will be taking 30 pills per day at least.
I read on the internet somewhere today of a group called: Alcohol is cheaper than therapy. I would beg to differ. It has huge physical and spiritual ramifications.
Today's scripture is found in 2 Timothy: For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a sound mind.
We drove up to Chapel Hill so we could go to the transplant class. It is a very good thing that they don't just give away livers to the first person that can pay for one. They are a priceless comodity for the sick person that needs one.
Mike needs a liver. So we attended the class and found out the transplant will cost about $250,000 and his meds will cost $5,000 per month after the transplant. If his insurance stays the same the cost to us will be around $1500 for the surgery and about $300 per month for his anti-rejection meds. The cost of the meds will actually reduce after time as he goes on fewer meds; however, for the first couple of months he will be taking 30 pills per day at least.
I read on the internet somewhere today of a group called: Alcohol is cheaper than therapy. I would beg to differ. It has huge physical and spiritual ramifications.
Today's scripture is found in 2 Timothy: For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a sound mind.
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