Daughter Volunteers Two-Thirds Of Her liver In Live Donor Transplant To Save Her Mother
WORLD NEWS – CANADA: A daughter has volunteered to donate two-thirds of her liver to her mother to avoid a potentially long wait for a deceased-donor transplant, setting the stage for a live donor organ transplantation that remains relatively new in Canada. Faced with an estimated wait of up to two years, the mother’s family accepted an immediate, living-donor option: the daughter will undergo surgery to remove the larger lobe of her liver and have it implanted in the recipient so the mother can receive a functioning graft sooner.
Surgeons plan to remove roughly two-thirds of the donor’s liver—the larger lobe—and place it in the recipient while leaving the donor with the smaller remaining portion. Remarkably, the liver is unique among solid organs in its ability to regenerate; the smaller remnant in the donor and the transplanted portion in the recipient can both grow over time, restoring liver volume and function. The procedure is referred to as a live donor liver transplant and carries specific surgical and medical considerations distinct from deceased-donor transplantation.
Physicians caution that living donation is not without risk: the account cites a donor fatality risk estimated as high as one in 100, and rigorous evaluation and perioperative care are essential. Medical teams emphasize close monitoring and hospital support through the donor’s recovery. The daughter framed her decision as a desire to give back to the parent who cared for her, accepting the medical risks to prevent her mother from deteriorating while on the waiting list.
This case spotlights both the promise and the gravity of live donor liver transplantation in Canada—an option that can dramatically shorten wait times and restore health, but that demands careful counseling, surgical expertise, and robust follow-up for donor and recipient alike.
Video originally published on 2026-03-11 07:00:34
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