Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-10709518-20150728080504/@comment-13965604-20150804204041

Paul.rea wrote: The timelines don't work. His sister died 8 years ago. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think donated tissue and organs can be stored for that long. In Hayden's case, her transplant was just a couple years ago.

I honestly don't know what's going on with cryogenics these days which might matter in show, but real world answer is that kidneys survive the longest of all transplantable organs outside of a living body at 24-48 hours depending on conditions. The longer end is when they're on that life support machine thing where they're actually already dead.

I know nothing about skin or corneas, but I really can't see them surviving years. I'm not even sure they need immunosuppressants/antirejection drugs for those. I'm about 98% sure on it not being necessary in corneas though?