Hospital Trashes Kidney for Transplant

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Heard them talking about this on the radio today http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/...-Throwing-Kidney-For-Ohio-Transplant-In-Trash. A 24 year old woman was having kidney failure and desperately needed a transplant. Her 17 year old brother agreed to have an operation and donate one of his kidneys for her.

Turns out a nurse carelessly threw the kidney in the trash. When the woman woke up from the anesthesia, she was shocked that she had no stitches from the operation, that's because there was none, except the one her brother endured for nothing. I'm not sure, but I think the hospital eventually located another kidney for her and put it in free of charge, but she is rightfully suing the hospital. They deny there was any negligence on their part. :rolleyes:

I tell you, if I need a leg removed, I'm writing in magic marker on the good leg to leave it alone. If I need a gallbladder removed, I'm writing the instructions across my belly. There have been so many careless, unforgivable mistakes made by doctors and nurses in hospitals over the years, that it is not funny, and a serious concern to all. I won't ever trust them to do the right thing, and if I'm not capable of monitoring their actions, I'll try to have my husband or someone else there that will. Does everyone need a babysitter nowadays? Doesn't anyone take pride in their work anymore? Doesn't anyone communicate with each other at all anymore?? Where's the respect and compassion for others? :mad:
 

This is really scary, Seabreeze, and you hear things like this far too often. The kidney issue is particularly upsetting to me. A wonderful young man whom my girls call their brother (their dad's son from his present marriage) developed Goodpasture disease a few years ago. He is going to die without a kidney and has been waiting for one for quite some time. It's a very rare disease that strikes young men in their prime, and there are so few kidneys available. It breaks my heart to hear of one being carelessly tossed away, but thank goodness the hospital found one for the patient. I can only hope there is one found for this sweet kid, he's just way too young to die.

You do hear of the wrong things being removed way too often or from the wrong person. It's plainly gross negligence and, sadly, we are at their mercy. Seems we need to go through two intense screenings before being taken to surgery these days. And that idiot nurse needs to be looking for another profession. Pretty sure that is probably the case.
 
I hope that young man gets a kidney in time, I wish him the best. :love_heart: I never heard of Goodpasture disease before.
 

SeaBreeze said:
I hope that young man gets a kidney in time, I wish him the best. :love_heart: I never heard of Goodpasture disease before.
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I had never heard of it either 'til Jon was diagnosed. GOOGLE it.....terrible disease and extremely rare. No one in the family talks about it, but I know that even with a transplant Jon won't have a very long life. Even if he is lucky enough to get a kidney, the disease takes such a toll on your body and his is so worn down now, plus the replacement kidney doesn't last nearly long enough. It's heartbreaking.
 
It does sound serious, and autoimmune disease that affects the lungs/kidneys. There seems to be some hope that the disease will run its course, of course I may be misunderstanding it. Also, his individual symptoms will be what warrants transplants, etc. I thought kidney transplants would last as long as a natural kidney, as long as the surgery was successful. :confused: Anyway, here's some info I read about it...http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/goodpasture-syndrome. How unfortunate for him to be stricken with this terrible disease. :(
 
I trust hospitals like I trust politicians and used car salesmen.

I don't mean any disrespect to Katybug's young man but this is why both of my brothers and myself swore never to enter a hospital unless we were brought there unconscious.

The loss of dignity, the constant state of not knowing, the raised (and dashed) hopes ... not for me.
 
When he was first diagnosed, Seabreeze, I went on every website I could find. Fact is, his doctors at Duke Medical Center (as good as we have on the East Coast) haven't mentioned him outgrowing it. Haven't even hinted at it and he's had it and been treated by them for 5 years. He had a kidney transplant earlier that wasn't successful so he had to go back on dialysis. which sucks the very life out of you. I feel so bad for him and tho I am his dad's ex-wife, when I see him you would think I was his mother the way we hug and interact. We definitely have a bond!

Thank you for all your concern, we sincerely appreciate it.
 
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My heart goes out to you and your family Katybug, you certainly have more than your share of health problems. :rose:
 

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