The National Post | Lisa Wallace
| NETWORKSenators owner Eugene Melnyk addresses the media on Friday at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, where he spoke about his recovery from a liver transplant earlier this year. |
OTTAWA — Some seven months after undergoing a liver transplant, Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk says he can’t remember the last time he felt so good.
“Honestly, I couldn’t be better,” Melnyk said prior to his charity skate on Friday.
Melnyk’s family announced in May that he was suffering end-stage liver failure and made an urgent public appeal for a living donor.
The 56-year-old billionaire had been on the waiting list for a deceased donor organ for several weeks, but having a rare AB blood type meant that finding a living liver donor was his only option. None of his family or friends were deemed to be medically suitable donors.
More than 500 people volunteered to give a portion of their liver, with the candidate who ultimately donated remaining anonymous. Continue reading
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