Lizzie awaits sixth liver transplant

A WOMAN who needs her sixth liver transplant is now sleeping up to 22 hours a day as family and friends anxiously await the operation she needs at a London hospital to save her life.

Kilkenny woman Lizzie O'Farrell is the only person in the world to have undergone five liver transplants and doctors fear she will die if she doesn't have another one within the next two months.

Her last liver failed a month ago and there is no sign of a suitable transplant organ becoming available. The 26-year-old is now sleeping almost around the clock and doctors says she desperately needs a sixth transplant within the next two months. "She had a check-up just last week and her condition has not disimproved," a family friend said last night. "She's in good form, considering the situation at the moment, but she's sleeping anything up to 22 hours a day now."