Steve Jobs Is Very, Very Sick

So, Steve Jobs was a lot sicker than Apple let on--like, liver transplant sick.  The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Jobs underwent a liver transplant two months ago in order to deal with the liver metastes of his neuroendocrine pancreatic tumor.

Orac has some extended explanation.  Key points:

• Steve Jobs' wealth and power let him jump the queue for organ transplants in a way that even I am uncomfortable with--and I am in favor of paying organ donors.
  
• The transplant is highly controversial with an unknown success rate
• There's a pretty good chance that in the next five years, we'll find out whether CEOs matter--at least to Apple.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2009/06/steve-jobs-is-very-very-sick/19878/