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From the Mayo Clinic website:
Risk of rejection
Your immune system defends your body against foreign substances. Even with the best possible match between you and the donor, your immune system will try to attack and reject your new lung or lungs. The risk of rejection is highest soon after the lung transplant and is reduced over time.
Your drug regimen after transplant will include medications to suppress your immune system (immunosuppressant medications) in an effort to prevent organ rejection. You'll likely take these anti-rejection drugs for the rest of your life.
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I'm thinking they thought Brodie's condition was so dire with other unexplained health issues that they didn't feel there was a high confidence level that the transplant would've worked. Really scary how out of the blue this all seems to be. You can go at any time.
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