• Fallenwout@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    No.

    My mom got double brain aneurism. Had her head cut open to put clamps on the leaking arteries.

    Slipped into a coma, few days later doctor came in to convince us for prepping her for organ donor, dad said it was too early.

    Another few days later doctors came in being really rude that all she was good for was organ donor. Had a heated conversation with my dad who got tired and said “fck off doctors”.

    Few days later she woke up. After revalidation she has a healthy life, this was 37yrs ago, she still lives, she is 71.

    My dad told my awake mum and since I was underaged opted me out for organ donor. Needles to say, I am reluctant to opt myself back in.

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      3 months ago

      Damn that’s double fucked. What a disappointing story. I’ve still got myself down for organ donation because it’s more likely to be done in good will than not, but that’s a very sad story.

      Do people pay for organ transplants where you are? I wonder if it’s not necessarily altruism but money that is pushing the doctor’s hand to jump the gun.

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      3 months ago

      That’s like donating to wikipedia, you think you’re doing a good thing but they reveal pretty quickly how big of a mistake that actually was.