violetgrumble

Kudos to you for donating and increasing awareness about organ donation!

How long was your host dad waiting for a new liver and was living donation considered from the start? Do you know how many others were tested to see if they were a match?

Answered here

your liver only really regrows once. The second time around wouldn‘t work half as well, I was told by a surgeon. I‘m not sure why though.

I imagine the risk of complications is greater the second time around.

From a quick search:

Living donor liver transplants are less common than living kidney transplants because the donation process is riskier. When it does occur, it usually involves a parent donating a part of their liver to their child. Adult-to-adult living liver transplants are rare.

I couldn't find anything about donating your liver twice but I did find this article on people who have donated a kidney and part of their liver. Even that is very rare.

Edit: SciShow says no!. TL;DW Regrown liver tissue is fully functional but has a different structure which makes it harder to remove and connect to the recipient's blood vessels

Not a doctor but SciShow has a good video explaining why you can't donate your liver over and over again. TL;DW Regrown liver tissue is fully functional but has a different structure which makes it harder to remove and connect to the recipient's blood vessels

https://reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/q6rdvz/_/hgdo2ih/?context=1