The patróm of Apple, Tim Cook, proposed to his predecessor, Steve Jobs, donate part of his liver to try a transplant that would have allowed him to prolong his life , but the co-founder of the brand apple refused categorically.
A new book titled “Becoming Steve Jobs” (“Becoming Steve Jobs”) and due out in late March, narrates this episode and requires the co-founder of software giant rejected the proposal. A transplant would have allowed him to prolong his life when he was suffering from cancer du pancreas.
“I interrupted immediately , almost before the words were out of my mouth,” says Tim Cook . the book written by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli
According to Cook, Steve Jobs replied. “. Never do that you would never do that”
However, they shared the same and rare blood group and would be consistent, says the book.
The liver has the particularity of being able to regenerate itself. So, a partial transplant from a healthy donor is often
Tim Cook said he was surprised by the reaction of Steve Jobs to his proposal, made in January 2009. ” I said, ‘Steve, I am in perfect health, I controlled myself, here is the medical report. Can I do this safely.’ “
” Steve just yelled at me four or five times during the 13 years I treated him: that was one of those rare occasions when he was angry with me, “said Tim Cook
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