Eugene Melnyk may not have to wait long for the "gift of life."
Doctors at the Toronto General Hospital are poring over a list of more than 400 people who have stepped forward with a potential match for Melnyk's ailing liver, after more than 2,000 people inquired with the hospital following the Senators' public plea for help.
Surgery could begin "within a week," once the proper paperwork is filed and a "rigorous" screening process is complete, according to Dr. Atul Humar.
"With living donation, you can do the transplant sooner than if (the patient) waited on the deceased donor list, so the outcomes tend to be quite good.