ENLARGED SPLEEN

HELLO,  MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN DIAGINOSED WITH HEP C AND WE ARE ON THE TRANSPLANT LIST FOR A NEW LIVER BECAUSE OF EXTENSIVE CEROSIS. HE IS STILL ABLE TO WORK FULL TIME. MY QUESTION IS HE HAD A ULTRASOUND AND THEY SAID THAT HIS LIVER LOOKED THE SAME BUT HIS SPLEEN IS ENLARGED AND THAT HE HAS MANY GALL STONES.  IS THIS COMMON?  WHAT ARE SIDE EFFECTS OF THIS.  HE SEEMS TO BE HAVEING SOME ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT LATELY IS THIS BECAUSE OF THE GALL STONES OR THE LIVER IN GENERAL.  WHAT DO WE USE THE SPLEEN FOR?  AND IS THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN NORMAL FOR HEP C TRANSPLANT PATIENTS. I HAVE CALLED OUR DOCTER AND GET HIS NURSE AND I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS THEY DONT SEEM TO ANSWER THEM ALL THANK YOU FOR ANY INFO YOU CAN PASS ALONG.  ELLEN CARTER