is the six month no drinking rule a law or hospital's judgment call for liver transplants?

[moriah]

17. My stepfather is finally on the list after having been sober six months. We didn't know if he'd....

... make it -- whether he'd live six months, or whether he could put down the bottle that long.

I'm a match for him, at least by blood type.

I care about him, but I know how bad of an alcoholic he has been. I know how hard he tried to quit drinking before. I know in his case, six months may not be enough "probation", because he'd been sober before for 7 years, then deteriorated when he met my mother and found someone who would enable him.

Despite my misgivings, I offered to be tested, and my mother refused. I think she doesn't want me to waste half my liver if he decides to drink again, either.

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I'm honestly surprised they are offering hospice care. My SF's liver enzymes were off the charts, he lost 8 pints of blood in two separate bleed-out instances, and is on so many different medications that give him quality of life issues, but he's still here. If she is young and determined, she ought to have a better prognosis.

She will be in my thoughts and prayers.