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Sell your liver to buy kidneys!
You swing back around to the Organ District where these sorts of things are easy to arrange, and get down to negotiating. You look like crap, which draws the attention of some shady fellows who look more than happy to wait for you to keel over so they can strip you for parts.
That's actually slightly more generous than your hometown in The Sprawl, where they usually didn't bother to wait. Anyway, you stumble into one of the grimier clinics and propose a trade.
As you and the tech wait for the results of your liver enzyme tests he explains that kidneys are the thing that makes you pee, and peeing is important because that's your body's main trash disposal mechanism. Who knew? You figured it was just something you did for fun, but it's actually important.
Anyway, your liver checks out great, which is no surprise for you since you hardly ever take it out of the garage. They got just the kidney for you, a little beat up but still in great shape. The last owner hardly ever peed at all.
This one's gonna be a bit more involved, so they put you under for it. Just before you do, you hear the doc mention how he's gonna "leave a bit of liver in there" because "it can grow back" and that sounds even better. A new (well, to you) kidney and you don't even have to give up 100% of your liver? Score!
Before they throw you back on the street, the nice tech tells you to drink plenty of water so that kidney fires up. Probably not a bad idea.