@Disillusioned JW:
As someone who's parent required a liver transplant, there ARE facilities in the USA that specialize in "bloodless" transplants. The donour liver is thoroughly washed out of blood. Even though it's spongy, it's pretty thorough. Also, you do NOT require several bags of whole blood for the transplant. My mother went thru just this. You can also pack and re-use your own blood if necessary. Now, that is apparently a "no-no" in JW-land for some dumb reason, but people still do it.
I can tell you this; TOMO3 wasn't anywhere near far along enough to require a liver transplant. He was still on his feet, of good colour, no jaundice, etc.
If anyone required a blood transplant, or possibly a BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT, it would be Stephen Lett. He had all the signs of some sort of cancer, possibly leukemia. He got very thin for a while, so much so that his clothes were hanging off of him, Then, he came back all puffy, probably from steroids to help him cope. Now, he's evened out and looking healthier than he has in a long time. So my bet, if ANYONE got any sort of banned procedure like bone marrow transplant, blood transfusions or related products, it's LETT. After all, he's got a lot of money left to live for and spend. He's a millionaire!
Now, TOMO3 could in fact be on death's door. That Morning Worship announcement yesterday about "praying for his family", tells me he may have a stroke, heart attack, or possibly late-stage cancer discovered and is near death. He may have stepped down to spend his remaining days with family. This right now, seems VERY plausible.
