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In reply to the discussion: Dying Teen Is Being Denied A Heart Transplant Because He’s Had Trouble With The Law [View all]BlueCheese
(2,522 posts)181. Educational thread here.
Thanks to those who have had experience with organ transplants for educating the rest of us.
It would be one thing if we had plenty of organs to go around. But given that we don't, hard decisions have to be made. It's not like they're taking a heart that was designated for Anthony and dumping it on the floor.
Reading the linked article, it is only family members or friends who think it's his grades or history with the law are the reason. They may be right, but there's not enough evidence to say yet.
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Dying Teen Is Being Denied A Heart Transplant Because He’s Had Trouble With The Law [View all]
Tx4obama
Aug 2013
OP
The local news seemed to focus more on his willingness to take his medicine correctly...
Phentex
Aug 2013
#50
If they told you that they would take you off the list because you talked back to your boss, or
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#21
I have to point out that I have been prepping for the transplant or close to 10 years...
WCGreen
Aug 2013
#34
Nobody said it was always about race. But I bet it's a lot more than most white people want to admit
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#37
How in the world did you miss that this is being discussed as a racial issue...
WCGreen
Aug 2013
#116
Don't see where I missed anything. But it sounds like you are doing well. Good luck!! n/t
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#117
If he doesn't take his meds, his transplanted heart will get rejected and he will die.
LisaL
Aug 2013
#227
My sister is 18 months into a full recovery from a double kidney/liver transplant
riderinthestorm
Aug 2013
#127
Of course I understand the concept of medical compliance and I understand its importance.
enough
Aug 2013
#206
compliance within medicine refers to whether or not a patient is likely to take their medicine,
magical thyme
Aug 2013
#191
So who get's to weigh which life meets "worthy of saving" status? Disgraceful... n/t
1awake
Aug 2013
#3
I'm grateful it's not me, but someone has to. There's nothing disgraceful about it at all.
Donald Ian Rankin
Aug 2013
#44
What you have here is a new low in America's health care. No evidence he would take his meds.
Jefferson23
Aug 2013
#4
I appreciate reading what he posted, thank you. My concern for this young teen and many others
Jefferson23
Aug 2013
#222
Just FYI: In most other countries usually only the very rich get transplanted-it's a corrupt system!
hue
Aug 2013
#154
Perhaps you should actually talk to me before presuming what is in my head. n/t
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#175
Glad you asked, yet you still take the self-righteous tack that it's ok for YOU to make an
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#195
FACT: If he gets the heart, some other young person doesn't get the heart.
GreenStormCloud
Aug 2013
#180
The parents, NOT the hospital, said that poor schoolwork was the reason for non-complience.
GreenStormCloud
Aug 2013
#220
Even if yours went to Cheney, that means another went to someone else.
RedCappedBandit
Aug 2013
#219
This sounds fishy. Aren't juvenile records sealed? How would the hospital know his grades?
dkf
Aug 2013
#41
I understand they would be concerned about his ability to follow medical instructions.
dkf
Aug 2013
#77
But aren't the parents complaining its NOT due to his history of compliance but his grades...
dkf
Aug 2013
#88
I agree that a person who has a poor prognosis because they don't have the habits needed to upkeep
dkf
Aug 2013
#94
If he gets a heart, some other young person won't get the heart and will die.
GreenStormCloud
Aug 2013
#183
Because I care more about someone actually surviving than an emotional knee-jerk...
GreenStormCloud
Aug 2013
#201
Everyone so glibly condemning the hospital should talk to whoever does end up getting the next heart
Recursion
Aug 2013
#48
It's great that you care, and I'm sure your patients are fortunate to have you as a nurse.
AndyA
Aug 2013
#242
Actually you do not know what I do. Here is hoping the donors get their moneys worth.
gordianot
Aug 2013
#215
Well, on the racists' bright side, they have one less Black kid to worry about nt
MrScorpio
Aug 2013
#62
We can only get information from the family because of HIPAA. The hospital can't explain things.(m)
nessa
Aug 2013
#85
A 50% chance of his life is worth less than a 75% chance of someone else's (warning: numbers made up
Donald Ian Rankin
Aug 2013
#145
injecting race into a problem when race was not an issue is disgusting...
ProdigalJunkMail
Aug 2013
#178
If he gets a heart, some other young person won't get the heart and will die.
GreenStormCloud
Aug 2013
#184
It's not a question of how much they value his life. It's a question of how much *he* values it.
magical thyme
Aug 2013
#198
And of course the fact that he is black, in GA, has noooothing to do with it.
kestrel91316
Aug 2013
#92
??? I DO understand. I understand that black males are always assumed to be criminals
kestrel91316
Aug 2013
#150
I can pretty much guarantee you that a white male of the same age would never have his school record
kestrel91316
Aug 2013
#152
And I can pretty much guarantee you that that didn't happen to this boy either.
Donald Ian Rankin
Aug 2013
#156
"Arizona killing patients who need transplants just because they're on Medicaid"
Aerows
Aug 2013
#113
Wha? In case you didn't know, Arizona is denying transplants to people on Medicaid...
Jasana
Aug 2013
#234
I doubt if there's a correlastion in "compliance" between getting good school grades and dying.
WinkyDink
Aug 2013
#135
there is a correlation between adhering to a strict regimen and surviving, or not adhering and
magical thyme
Aug 2013
#202