SALT LAKE CITY – Nearly 14,000 people are on the liver transplant list, according to the American Liver Foundation. Experts say about 10% of people on the list will die or become too sick for transplant before it’s their turn.

 

Gwen Finlayson was on the liver transplant list. Her son, Brandon Finlayson, offered to donate part of his liver. “She needed this, and for the couple months of discomfort, that was well worth it,” Brandon Finlayson said. “The reason why a live donation is important to do before the patients get too sick is because you’re not doing a full liver, you’re only doing 40 to 60 percent,” said Dr. Manuel Rodriguez-Davalos, director of Living Liver Donor Transplant Program at Intermountain Healthcare Transplant Services.

 

Gwen Finlayson is petite, so Rodriguez took Brandon’s smaller left lobe, which is usually done for adolescents. It’s the first time it’s been […]

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