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Showing Original Post only (View all)About that 10 year old who recieved a second pair of lungs... [View all]
Just so you know, I am a candidate for a lung transplant. In fact I could be going under the knife as early as this Fall.
I asked a long time ago, when I first was being tested for the transplant, what would happen if my body completely rejected the lungs. I was told, with no if ands or buts about it, that I would get one set of lungs and if that operation didn't take,well, that was it...
I understand that this is a "special" case, afterall, telling a ten year old that they had their chance sound cruel. But I ask you, what about the person who was passed over in order to give this child another chance? What if that person died waiting for a set of lungs?
Just something to ponder.
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I reflect often on the harsh reality that our technologies have far outdistanced our moral senses…
Journeyman
Jul 2013
#11
Exactly. Plus a 50 year old mother with children should die before a 10 year old? Please.
anneboleyn
Jul 2013
#30
it's too bad politics was inserted into this case, more so than the advice of medical professionals
JI7
Jul 2013
#12
I hope you get it sooner than later. It is not fair to let someone die to give a high profile
we can do it
Jul 2013
#22