There’s been confirmation today that Steve Jobs did get a liver transplant, and he was pretty sick when he got it.
From the press release:
He received a liver transplant because he
was the patient with the highest MELD score (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease) of his blood type and, therefore, the sickest patient on the waiting list at the time a donor organ became available.
From Wikipedia:
In interpreting the MELD Score in hospitalized patients, the 3 month mortality is: 40 or more - 100% mortality 30-39 - 83% mortality 20-29 - 76% mortality 10-19 - 27% mortality <10 - 4% mortality
Take that for what you read into it - but I pray that Steve gets better, not so that he can go back to Apple and make the stock go up, but so he can live a long life with his wife and family. Those of you who have gone through losing a loved one will understand. Pray for him and his family please.
