Nearly 12 years ago, Dr. Richard Darling was planning his own funeral. Ailing from liver cancer after a battle with Hepatitis C, he wasn’t eligible for a transplant and had no hope for survival. Darling and his wife decided to prepare for the dreaded future, pre-paying for funeral expenses.
That year, the federal government reversed its position on organ transplantation for liver cancer patients. The law saved Darling’s life. He was placed on a waiting list for a new liver and received a transplant. The transplanted organ failed, so Darling received a second liver.
Due to complications that resulted from chemotherapy he underwent after the second transplant, Darling found himself on the transplant list again. He ended up receiving a total of three liver transplants.
Darling got a new chance at life, but many don’t.
“One patient on the waiting list dies every hour,” he said.
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