Kentucky man declared brain dead wakes up during organ harvesting

[Attilatheblond]

36. Young, strong pal of my brother-in-law in bad accident, had head injury. In hospital for several days in coma

The hospital (big one in Phoenix, known for groundbreaking transplants) was really pressuring his family to 'let him go' and donate all those sweet, strong 24 year old organs....

They were about to give in when his former fiancee came in and talked them down. She had been pre-med and was working for rehabilitation therapy. She got them to listen, she put the kabash on his current fiancee who was all about being the poor almost widow and milking it.

Took three years of serious work, but she brought him around, walking, talking, riding a bike, and finally, back on his beloved surfboard, taking on the Pacific Ocean, again, and loving every moment. Oh, and she took his dog, an enormous Golden retriever the 'grieving' fiancee was gonna surrender to a shelter, with them when she took him into her home to help him heal.

Yes, they got to know each other again, enjoy each other, and remember why they had planned a life together once. Yes, they married after he was over all the physical therapy, speech therapy and resumed a 'normal life'.

Yeah, I was not much older than him when this happened. And I took the 'organ donor' permission off my driver's license after considering all that young man overcame and all the love of the woman who applied her new skills to save him. That the hospital was so eager to write him off and make money inserting his organs into older, worn out bodies was a big red flag for me.