My husband is also Stage 4 cirrhosis (previously complicated by hepatoma) and being surveilled regularly as a possible candidate for transplant in the near future, so, like yourselves, I've also started investigating the possibility of living donor transplant (LDT). What I've learned so far is that though there are many transplant centers across the country, only a handful of them have the capability to perform LDT. I believe in the last ten years, there have been about three to four hundred LDTs performed in the United States.
You might find some helpful information in the below article I posted recently:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/581435
I'm actually just starting to investigate for myself the guidelines of how to be evaluated as a potential donor, and we have a meeting next week with with my husband's hep doc discuss that possibility. I'll try to remember to keep you posted as I go through the process...
Grace724:
I remember some of your previous posts, and I'm so pleased to hear that your husband has been sober for 6 months!
Best of luck to you both,
~eureka