I feel so bad.

[Doc Alan]

I'm a newbie on this site and therefore a stranger to you but all I can say is that indeed it's not your fault , even more importantly it's probably not the fault of Hannah's auntie, because the commonest cause of chronic liver disease in the Philippines is Hepatitis B. In the UK there are about 600 liver transplants each year and the commonest condition requiring a transplant is alcoholic cirrhosis, but even here there are more patients requiring transplants than there are donors.

[Arthur Little]

... even here there are more patients requiring transplants than there are donors.

with Alan's statement. Unfortunately, it's a sad fact that an acute shortage [worldwide] of organs available for transplantation has a far greater impact on the situation than the financial constraints involved, my friend. So please, Al, do not chastise yourself in any way.

I'm so sorry to learn of Hanna's aunt's passing ... but rest assured you are both very much in our thoughts and prayers.

[liane]

Sorry to hear about that, she will be in our thoughts and prayers.

[Alan]

We are just going out of the door on the long trek southwards. Hanna is beside herself with grief - which is understandable. She was closer to her aunt than even, arguably, her brothers and sisters. Hanna is a girl with enormous fortitude - yet tonight's events have shown a side to her that even I never knew existed.

I myself feel quite hopeless at the moment - offering no more than a shoulder to cry on. I appreciate that things will improve with time - but at the moment it is hard.

From the bottom of my heart I thank you all for your comments on this thread. I have shown Hanna the thread and she wishes God's blessings on you all for your compassion and understanding.

I shall be absent for a couple of days now - but I shall return!!! Be warned!!! More lunatric posts on the way.

Let's say 'Thanks' to Keith for the best forum on the Internet!!!

Al.

[maria_and_matt]

sorry to hear that, prayers to you both. take care!