Polish man living in Limerick to go to London for a life-saving liver transplant
The family of the Polish man living in Limerick are fundraising for the costs associated with travelling to London for the liver transplant Gr
A POLISH man living in Limerick is to travel to London for a liver transplant, which will give him back his quality of life.
Jolanta Moszczynska and her husband Grzegorz Moszczynski, originally from Lodz in Poland, have been living in Dooradoyle for 22 years with their two children, one of whom is in school in Mungret Community College and the other is older.
Originally a roofing contractor, Grzegorz is in end stage liver failure due to hepatopulmonary syndrome, which causes blood to flow too rapidly within the lungs.
This condition causes pathological dilation of the blood vessels within the lungs, meaning blood flows through them too rapidly and via abnormal channels disrupting proper gas exchange. As a result, despite the lungs' efforts blood cannot absorb a sufficient amount of oxygen and enters the body severely deoxygenated.
A liver transplant would address the underlying causes of the disease and give him back a full quality of life.
He is currently being cared for full-time by his wife and is on 15 litres of oxygen a minute.
“He is on very, very, high oxygen and we have a big oxygen concentrator at home. I’m not a nurse, I’m not trained in this kind of complex care, and it’s very difficult,” Jolanta said, holding back tears as she spoke about her husband’s daily struggles to catch his breath.
While the liver transplant could not be done here, it can be done in King’s College Hospital in London and Grzegorz will travel to the UK via air ambulance.
The family have also launched a GoFundMe campaign to help cover the costs of getting Grzegorz to London for this life-saving treatment.
Jolanta explained: “Raised funds are essential to cover the upcoming travel, medical, and relocation expenses for his treatment in the UK.”
She added: “This disease is literally taking his breath away. Every day is a race against time, and his only salvation and his only chance to live normally again and enjoy everyday life is a transplant.”
Jolanta explained: “This transplant will give him his life back, I would move the sky to save his life.”
Anyone who wishes to support Grzegorz can donate on the GoFundMe page https://gofund.me/d21aec877 and all donations would be greatly appreciated by the couple.