Woman's 3-year wait for donor organ exposes complexity of US transplant system
After a severe car crash destroyed Katherine Screws’ small intestine, she was left unable to eat, reliant on intravenous nutrition, and often too ill to leave her bed. The Phoenix resident held onto her hospital’s forecast that an intestine transplant would take roughly six months.
<p>After a severe car crash destroyed Katherine Screws’ small intestine, she was left unable to eat, reliant on intravenous nutrition, and often too ill to leave her bed. The Phoenix resident held onto her hospital’s forecast that an intestine transplant would take roughly six months.</p>