Donated my kidney to my father 5 years ago, May 14th, 2008.
He got food poisoning on Sept. 28th. Went to hospital on the 29th. Was admitted to ICU. Got better.
In recovery unit, his nurses gave him insulin he didn't need, and too much pain medication. He aspirated, and flatlined. They brought his heart back, but not without brain damage. I sat with him for 11 days back in ICU. We lost him on Oct. 13th.
Luckily he was able to donate his eyes, the sac of fluid around his heart, and a lot of skin tissue to others. We tried to redistribute his kidney as well as it was still working fine, but his blood went "septic" after he flatlined.
We did a lot of work spreading the word about donation over the last 5 years, with my father and my band. I will not stop spreading the word, but I'm so bummed to have to lose him for a simple mistake after all of what we went through.
Anyway, just needed to share with someone. I miss him terribly. This seemed like a good place.
thank you
valient himself