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Methodist University Hospital Confirms Steve Jobs Liver Transplant

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Shake 'n' Bake said:
I do not believe this statement at all. When ever someone famous goes to a hospital (or anywhere), they usually get treatment first. I don't like that at all, but that is what usually happens.
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And you say that as a... ? Doctor? Nurse? Med-tech? Phlebotomist? HUC? Perhaps you work in medical records? On what are you basing your incorrect assertions?
 
So when will the press (or the fans) hunt down the donor family so we call heap thanks upon the donor?

Seriously, it's nice that Steve is doing well. Good example as to why we should all be donors.

Now, let's find out whose liver is inside our Apple chieftain.
 
Scott6666 said:
So when will the press (or the fans) hunt down the donor family so we call heap thanks upon the donor?

Seriously, it's nice that Steve is doing well. Good example as to why we should all be donors.

Now, let's find out whose liver is inside our Apple chieftain.
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I don't know, but Steve should throw at least a billion$ at that family, he can afford it.
 
Wow. I don't think anyone had any idea that it was so serious. He was the sickest patient of his blood type. Sounds like he was actually close to death.

Steve, get better buddy.
 
I hope Steve is better now. Not for Apple, not for us, but for Steve and his family.
 
Me personally, I wish to Steve good health and so on but isn't it to much to be talking about someone's liver for several days now on page one as top news? It's a bit depressing :)
 
Turning this into a positive.

I am glad that Steve has a second chance to do something even more with his life. I do hope he gets some rest and takes some time off to enjoy his life. Although his enjoyment is probably making new stuff, he's got a family that probably wants a little of him before he's gone.

I have not been an organ donor in the past. After today I went down to the driver's license place and changed my organ donor status.

You never know one day, I could be saving Steve Jobs, or someone's mom or or little sister. I encourage you all to do the same.

As an Apple customer since the Apple //e debuted, it's been SJ that has stepped up to the plate and told us to Think Different. Push forward. Make it better. And expect perfection.

Cheers Steve! :apple:

By the way: I just found out my blood work for insurance came back with HIGH levels of liver enzymes. Now I need to have more tests. Live your life, you never know when you'll be done.
 
Hot Snowboarder said:
Doctor says to one of the most powerful billionaires on the planet.

"I'm sorry Mr. Jobs, we can't find you a liver".

Whatever. lol.
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Doctors dont find livers, UNOS does through the OPNT. They get a liver and call the hospital where the highest person is listed.
 
inkswamp said:
Am I the only one who doesn't give a @#$& about all this liver transplant news? Why does anyone care?
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Seems funny to me that someone who has been a member of this forum for 6+ years wouldn't care about the health of the guy who has made this company, in more ways than one.

In other news, glad to see he's back. Hope he recovers quickly!
 
iSamurai said:
I thought hospitals have code of conducts of keeping patients' identities and records private...
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Well, this case has generated considerable interest. And in this case Jobs apparently asked/allowed them to release the information. I would guess that Jobs prefers if this discussion is handled through intermediaries (like the hospital) than having people ask him directly.
 
I hope that everyone realizes that Steve must have authorized the hospital to release that information. HIPAA regulations do not allow hospitals, nor even individual healthcare workers, to just release such information without written authorization from patients. Even speaking about a patient by name and in detail in an open area WITHIN THE HOSPITAL is technically a violation. This would have not gotten out unless he wanted it to, or the hospital would have been slapped very hard not just by Steve, but by the government as well.
 
Oh the jokes you could have fun with considering it was his liver! But glad to know he's on the mend and it'll be a few years yet before he's fully recovered. Do you have to take pills for the rest of your life?
I can also see all the nay sayers claiming this is the end of Jobs as Apples CEO, meh, i don't think so, I think he'll take a back seat for a while in the public eye but he knows he needs to either quit or get on stage and sell his products, I think he enjoys getting on stage too much to not do it.

And I also predict people claiming he jumped the queue to get a donor organ! It won't surprise me, despite the fact jobs has probably been ill for several months now and has no doubt tried every treatment going as an organ transplant isn't normally appealing to anyone, even if it will save your life.
 
Seems like damaged limitation after the information has already got out. Maybe Apple and Steve Jobs heard the rumblings of potential court run ins in regards to the "public being made aware of health of Senior officials".
 
Maybe I've been watching too much of the Fullmetal Alchemist remake, but I have this vision of him walking on stage for the next keynote, coughing up a load of blood and then carrying on like nothing ever happened :p

Glad to hear he's doing well. Good luck to the fella :)
 
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