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i have a friend who is dying as i am writing this. He is only being kept alive on life support until they can harvest the organs. i feel like i NEED to do something and there is nothing i can do. i want to ease their pain but i cannot. i want to say i understand but i do not know why someone in their 30's and with no medical history or illnesses can just be taken away without a reason. i love the family with all my heart and am just devastated by this tragedy. There will be a little girl without a father, a Mother without a son, and brothers and sisters without a sibling. He does not seem to be suffering so that is one blessing. They have given the organ donation team until 8PM this evening and then they are turning off life support. His heart was without bloodflow for too long so it cannot be harvested. He wanted to be an organ donor but none of us knew what extent you have to go to for it to work. His heart has stopped twice since they made the decision to give the organs and both times they had to start it again so the organs would be usable. It seems like such a tragedy not to be able to let him just go but he did want to be a donor and his family is respecting that but it is so hard. i feel useless and just want to be with them all if only to hug them and cry with them. i feel this loss to my core and know that after he is truly gone there will be many lives that will have a large void. |