I am a caregiver for my wife who needs a liver transplant.
Its been a tough journey to this point not realizing what an important organ the liver is. When it shuts down the body no longer filters itself and toxins go to the brain causing encephalopathy, not knowing for the first 2 years why my wife developed instant dementia, till we came to Mayo and meet a wonderful Doctor who told us what was wrong within the first 5 minutes of meeting him.
This is a struggle for me as all of my spouses duties have now become mine. Trying to keep up is a challenge for me. We are so looking forward to moving ahead now with the transplant.