As these cells are destroyed the large intestine can't perform this function as efficiently, and ends up letting too much water through contributing to diarrhea.
If you hadn't bypassed your own life support system, feeding your blood into his arteries, his brain would have died of oxygen starvation. That was really quick thinking.
Portal hypertension leads to the formation of Portosystemic shunts, which is when blood is diverted away from the portal venous system and backs up into the systemic veins.
At least one of those parties may not be as opposed to Kennedy as he says he is to them, because Republicans seem to be counting on him to siphon off Democratic votes.