diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/life.dm
index deded8b247..5eb09a8d83 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/life.dm
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@
 	set invisibility = 0
 	set background = BACKGROUND_ENABLED
 
-	if (notransform)
+	if(notransform)
 		return
 
 	if(damageoverlaytemp)
 		damageoverlaytemp = 0
 		update_damage_hud()
 
+	if(stat != DEAD) //Reagent processing needs to come before breathing, to prevent edge cases.
+		handle_organs()
+
 	if(..()) //not dead
 		handle_blood()
 
@@ -24,10 +27,6 @@
 	//Updates the number of stored chemicals for powers
 	handle_changeling()
 
-	if(stat != DEAD)
-		handle_liver()
-
-
 	if(stat != DEAD)
 		return 1
 
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@
 		return
 	if(ismob(loc))
 		return
+
 	var/datum/gas_mixture/environment
 	if(loc)
 		environment = loc.return_air()
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
 		else if(health <= HEALTH_THRESHOLD_CRIT)
 			losebreath += 0.25 //You're having trouble breathing in soft crit, so you'll miss a breath one in four times
 
-
 	//Suffocate
 	if(losebreath >= 1) //You've missed a breath, take oxy damage
 		losebreath--
@@ -121,6 +120,7 @@
 		if(reagents.has_reagent("epinephrine") && lungs)
 			return
 		adjustOxyLoss(1)
+
 		failed_last_breath = 1
 		throw_alert("not_enough_oxy", /obj/screen/alert/not_enough_oxy)
 		return 0
@@ -244,6 +244,11 @@
 /mob/living/carbon/proc/handle_blood()
 	return
 
+/mob/living/carbon/proc/handle_organs()
+	for(var/V in internal_organs)
+		var/obj/item/organ/O = V
+		O.on_life()
+
 /mob/living/carbon/handle_diseases()
 	for(var/thing in viruses)
 		var/datum/disease/D = thing