daveysanderson

I donated ~70% of my liver back in 2012, took about 45 days to grow back

So I actually almost had complications on the operating table for my own stupidity.

I had a clot in one of the main valves(?) going to the liver. I was an idiot, and did not rest long enough after the liver biopsy. I was donating to my mother who was extremely unwell at the time, and she was with me at the hospital. After about an hour or 2 of waiting in the hospital after the biopsy, she was getting very uncomfortable etc so I wanted to get out of there. Low and behold I got antsy started moving too much and I guess a clot developed. This was only found after the surgery, thankfully. They prescribed some blood thinners and I was on my way.

Just goes to show that no matter how well they can perform the surgery, or the stats, there can always be one idiot (me) to fuck it all up.

Thankfully it all went as planned and my mother has gotten another decade of life