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Originally posted by gigi@Feb 22 2003, 07:51 PM
I think it's disguisting that the parents weren't open....even DEMANDING donation of her viable organs......it's sick.
Although, I'm a bit biased when it comes to organ donation.....my sister was the recipient of a kidney and pancreas aprox. 5 years ago.
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I am truly glad things worked out for your sister. My last several years in St. Louis I got to know several people who were themselves on a heart/lung transplant list, or had family on one. Watching what they went through was heartwrenching, to say the least.
But really ... imagine the pain of a family leaving on the edge of fear for years, thinking they've finally gotten what they've prayed for, only to have this whole clusterfuck happen to them. If I were a greiving parent of this girl, somebody from Duke - or that I thought might be from Duke - coming
near me to ask that question would result in a few more organs being available for distribution, assuming the lucky spokesperson had previously made the necessary arrangements. It's really easy - particularly if you can dismiss them as mere illegal aliens, and not grieving parents - to sit here and speculate in a rational frame of mind about what they
should do.
Last edited by PornoDoggy at Feb 22 2003, 08:03 PM