Becca
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Long Island, NY - The family of a 15-year-old New York boy thought they were helping him to live on by donating his organs.
Instead, the organs spread a rare, undiagnosed cancer to the four transplant recipients, according to a report from WCBSTV.com.
Alex Koehne of Sag Harbor, Long Island, died a year ago of lymphoma, but his parents were told he died from bacterial meningitis. Since then, two of the organ recipients have died and two others are battling the same disease, according to the report.
Jim and Lisa Koehne asked for an autopsy following their son's death, according to the report. A month later they found out Alex actually had died of a rare lymphoma; the organs, however, already had been donated.
The doctor "said, 'Jim I don't want to upset you, but we've heard something from the recipients that two of them had died from cancer,'" Jim Koehne told WCBSTV.com.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,344232,00.html
How freaking sad is this?? Here you think you've done something good by donating your child's organs and instead you've helped kill people. I would be mortified.
Instead, the organs spread a rare, undiagnosed cancer to the four transplant recipients, according to a report from WCBSTV.com.
Alex Koehne of Sag Harbor, Long Island, died a year ago of lymphoma, but his parents were told he died from bacterial meningitis. Since then, two of the organ recipients have died and two others are battling the same disease, according to the report.
Jim and Lisa Koehne asked for an autopsy following their son's death, according to the report. A month later they found out Alex actually had died of a rare lymphoma; the organs, however, already had been donated.
The doctor "said, 'Jim I don't want to upset you, but we've heard something from the recipients that two of them had died from cancer,'" Jim Koehne told WCBSTV.com.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,344232,00.html
How freaking sad is this?? Here you think you've done something good by donating your child's organs and instead you've helped kill people. I would be mortified.
