Woman Denied Liver Transplant Due to Alcoholism—but She Hadn’t Had a Drop to Drink

She Didn’t Seem Drunk

During her interaction with the transplant team, Leland had not seemed impaired and vehemently denied drinking. The concentration of alcohol found in her urine was surely high enough to result in drunkenness. Not only that, but Leland’s blood tests returned negative for ethanol, the main ingredient in alcoholic drinks.

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