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> I grew those organs in my body, for my son. And now they’re working inside the bodies of total strangers, supporting the lives of people I will probably never
by cortesoft 6y ago
> I grew those organs in my body, for my son. And now they’re working inside the bodies of total strangers, supporting the lives of people I will probably never meet. Or possibly never hear from.
Damn.
- NotSammyHagar 6y agoThat's a moving article. Hard to imagine facing this for my own kid. >I also learned that the care team doesn’t just wheel the donor away. They send them off with an Honor Walk. The doctors and nurses who worked to keep my son’s organs functioning at optimal levels joined local family, friends, and colleagues, packed shoulder-to-shoulder (pre-COVID) to line the short corridor from the ICU to the surgical suite for the ceremonial transport of my son’s body.
- rideontime 6y agoAnybody browsing the comments to get the gist of the article should click through to see this photo.
- mrclark411 6y agoI was going to just skip over this by reading the comments. Thank you for suggesting I go look. Extremely moving.
- Blahah 6y agoI surprised myself by spontaneously shedding a tear as I read that sentence.