Yep. It's a chain. First the donor needs to die (12 year old kid on life support), family has to consent, liver has to be removed and prepped, recipient gets prepped and surgery begins. If the recipient cant accept the liver due to screening, prep, surgical issues (12 hr procedure) or rejects the liver in the first 12 hrs following completion of the surgery...then it goes to my BIL.
They can't give us updates other than to say 'standby' until something happens that puts him into 'go' status.