> The hospital said it had “no indication” his death was related to the transplant. I think the transplant team likely did have tons of evidence showing the ki

> The hospital said it had “no indication” his death was related to the transplant. I think the transplant team likely did have tons of evidence showing the kidney was fine - monitoring things heavily is just normal procedure after any transplant, even more so after this kind of transplant. He would have had daily or weekly labs showing Creatinine/eGFR, ultrasounds, blood tests, urine tests, regular appointments talking about symptoms and lots more. Its possible that the pig kidney caused the death in some way that isn't clearly understood yet though. Maybe some proteins in the kidney went into the bloodstream and affected another organ, maybe they exacerbate congested blood vessels somehow etc. Maybe an autopsy will reveal more. But yeah if you read the history of transplants or any risky new medical procedure, they are very fragile and can be set back decades or stopped when they go bad or mistakes are made. There are incentives for people to cover up the reason's things failed and history of hospitals lying out of their teeth to cover their asses (see Charles Cullen in The Good Nurse). I guess I'm saying there is plenty of evidence on both sides of the answer to the question of "why did he die".. either way he did something heroic.