On top of knowing that she had only 1 kidney, yes only one since birth, she still carry on the liver donation. Liver and kidneys are essential organs that remove the toxic from the body. And if i know that i have only 1 kidney and 3/4 of a liver left, i might not perform the op for someone that i do not know.
(i read somewhere that an average weight of the liver is 2kg, thus to donate 500g leaves 1.5kg of liver, which is 3/4)
Certainly a courageous woman to go ahead with the liver donation.
More info on her blog
The posts on her liver donation (below)
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Thanks Nick. Never expected you to also blog this. Further to this, I am running for office at www.freedom2talk.org, vote for me yea. I am also writing a book on my journey to eventually inspire more people to take action to pledge their organs (donate after death). More information on www.hoongling.com.
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