They stood there for a while, not saying anything. Then Eli said: 'Do you want to come in?' Oskar didn't reply. Eli pulled on her T-shirt, lifted her hands, let them fall. 'I'm never going to hurt you. ' 'I know that. ' 'What are you thinking about?' 'That T-shirt. Is it from the trash room?' '. . . yes. ' 'Have you washed it?' Eli didn't answer. 'You're a little gross, you know that?' 'I can change, if you like. ' 'Good. Do that.
There is a risk of death associated with donating a piece of liver. It's about one in 500 for the risk of death. The risk of death of donating a kidney is about one in 3000, so this is a riskier operation than donating a kidney. The stakes are usually higher for the recipient of the transplant because unlike kidney failure, where you have a dialysis machine, in liver failure we don't have that kind of machine that allows a patient to survive until they can get a cadaver organ.