How does a “vegetative” person recover after a liver transplant?

“I can’t believe I can still get a new life.” Yesterday, once a “vegetable” by Mr. told reporters the day after his discharge from the hospital, he has returned to his hometown. By Mr. Qiqihar, 10 years ago, suffering from hepatitis B, after the evolution of cirrhosis, to the beginning of July this year has reached a state of deep liver coma. Liver replacement is the only option. But it is a difficult surgery with a high probability of failure. “In the vast majority of cases, this has become incurable.” Dr. Huang Lei of Peking University People’s Hospital, Mr. Yu’s attending physician, said, “But the deep affection of the patient’s family and the patient’s own tenacity drove our determination to challenge this medical difficulty.” After careful preparation, Mr. Yu, who had been in a deep coma for eight days and had become a “vegetable”, was wheeled into the operating room. The family began a heart-wrenching wait outside the door. At 1 p.m., the anesthesia was successful and the surgery began. At 9 pm, the chief surgeon, Professor Leng Xisheng, an authority in domestic and international medicine, came out of the operating room. The tired smile brought endless surprise to the family. The liver replacement for the high-risk patient was successful. The observation period after the surgery was equally difficult, and the doctors stubbornly walked a tightrope between suppressing rejection and fighting infection for more than three months. But in the end, Mr. Yu and the doctors won, and he was discharged from the hospital on October 17. The most difficult part was the beginning of July, when Mr. Yu had already passed a period of targeted treatment, but his condition did not improve at all. “After a long period of illness, I was physically and mentally unable to bear it, and began to intermittently coma. Once in a while when awake I heard the doctor say to my family ‘he didn’t give up, he was just unconscious’. The doctor didn’t blame me at all. At that time I was very moved, my desire to live was activated at once, and since then I have been very cooperative with the doctor’s treatment.” “I am from Qiqihar, but my second life was born in Beijing, born in the Peking University People’s Hospital.” Mr. Yu told the reporter this.