Overview
- The Royal House said autumn tests showed a clear worsening of the 52-year-old’s pulmonary fibrosis.
- Specialists at Rikshospitalet/Oslo University Hospital have begun formal assessment and preparations to enable a transplant when needed.
- No decision has been made on placing her on Norway’s lung-transplant waiting list, according to Prof. Are Martin Holm.
- Clinicians describe transplant as a last-resort option that depends on clinical eligibility, donor matching and rejection risks.
- In interviews with NRK, Mette-Marit and Crown Prince Haakon said the disease has progressed faster than expected and that she is struggling more to breathe.