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In reply to the discussion: Should everyone automatically be an organ donor unless they opt out? [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,182 posts)There was talk of saying their goodbyes - appropriate, given that he had suffered a massive stroke, was paralyzed, and nonresponsive with massive brain swelling.
But that's quite a bit different from doctors wanting to pull the plug and relatives stopping it.
The article is clear that no steps, beyond the possibility of organ donation, were taken to remove medical care.
The doctors were stupid to talk in his presence, as if he could not hear them.
That said, someone in his condition often doesn't survive, and it looked as if it was likely he would not. Discussing the possibiliity of organ donation among themselves - and it is not even inapproprate to broach the subject with his relatives to help them be prepared for what is always a difficult decision that must be made very quickly.