Liver Transplant

Raymond Wong Dept: Slim, jovial and seemingly healthy, he was in his 50s before he found out his liver was working at about 30-per-cent capacity. His wife, Liz, says she noticed the signs sooner - growing fatigue, a darkening complexion likely due to jaundice - but had no idea of the cause. None of their friends and family from Hong Kong talked about hepatitis B, according to Vancouver Sun. "If they did not remove my liver early, probably once the cancer developed fully then it would spread to other parts of my body, so it's no use getting the transplant," said Wong in his Richmond living room and raymond Wong never suspected he was carrying a virus that could kill him. Now, at 64, Wong is recovering from the liver transplant he had in September 2011 and the complications that followed. He's one of the lucky ones: only 56 people received a liver trans-plant in B.C. last year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.