Hong Kong baby no longer needs liver donation after making recovery
- Hayson was rushed to Queen Mary Hospital earlier this month and diagnosed with acute liver failure
- After the family made a public appeal for donors, a number of residents stepped forward, but his improving condition means he no longer needs an organ transfer
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A one-year-old boy in Hong Kong who suffered from acute liver failure no longer required an organ donation and was likely to be discharged this weekend, his mother said on Friday.
The child, Hayson, awoke from a coma on Thursday last week and was transferred on Tuesday from intensive care at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam to its paediatric ward. Doctors informed the mother Hayson did not need a new liver to survive.
His liver function index, used to measure the health of the organ, surpassed 10,000 at one point, but has since dropped to slightly more than 100. The normal range is around 40.
The mother, who did not want to be named, noted that although doctors still did not know why her son suddenly fell ill, she believed he would be out of the hospital soon.
“If the doctors still can’t find the cause of his sickness, but his recovery stays on track, then they’ll discharge him very shortly anyway,” she said. “The hospital didn’t give an exact date, but it will probably be in these few days or within this week if nothing goes wrong.”
