Organ Donor

I didn't realize that it could be possible. Coz really fro what I know, the doctors make sure that the organ to be transplanted is of very good condition prior to placing it to the patient. This issue should cause alarm. Additional tests should be really done before any transplant should take place.

I read about that. It's such a freak occurace. And the man with the infected organ actually lived 18 months after the transplant took place which is amazing to me. I wouldn't be scared to get a transplant. And you can be sure there will be new protocols now that this has happened. It's just stunning to me that this would happen at all.

My cousin Kim's son needed a kidney, and his father ended up being the donor. A year later they found he had terminal cancer. So far her son has no sign of the cancer, but his father could have had it before he donated the kidney. The doctors screen for certain types of things, but there are certain things they don't look for, and I'm sure they can't catch everything.

I know this happened but they don't test for rabies. It's not like its up there as a prevalent risk to everyone. How often was this going to happen? It takes a long time to test for rabies and time is if the essence. I think any surgery is a risk, and now any transplant is a risk too. How many organ donors in the US are going to be positive for rabies? It' is unfortunate this happened and now the recipients may all get rabies too. So sad. I would still be an organ donor and u would still be a recipient if I needed an organ to live.

Hi, it is very strange story. While organ transplanting enough care is taken by doctors. Organs are transplanted after testing thoroughly. i think some doctors do some evil practices. this must be the case of such bad doctor. Organ transplanting should be done from reputed hospitals and from specialists. After all this is related with the life.

I think that doctors should check out organs that are going to be transplanted. Of course, one can never be totally sure that an organ that will be transplanted will work for the person it was transplanted into. I had never heard of anyone getting rabies from an organ transplant before, although I have never really done any research on the subject.

My cousin is currently in need of a liver, or partial liver. She is in her mid-sixties and in the last year lost both her parents and her teenage son. There is no other option but for her to have a transplant. She is too young to die. Up until now she has been relatively healthy. The stress of losing all her loved ones has taken their toll. I would help if I could but my medications have not made my organs 100% healthy. Right now all I can do is pray for someone else to come forward. For whole livers from a non-living doner there are 80 people on the list. Living doner may be the only answer. For healthy transplants, let's hope that the doctors make wise decisions. We have never had this situation in our family and it is truly scary. At her young age, letting her die is not an option, especially with her second grandchild due this spring. I hope and pray for successful transplants for those in need.

That sounds extremely unusual. I know that doctors usually run all sorts of tests to determine compatibility. I wonder how the donor passed-maybe the encephalitis masked the rabies symptoms? Besides, I never knew that rabies lived dormant in your body that long!

That seems to be careless on their part. Should they have not tested for any foreign substances and bacteria in the process? There should be tests taken and if not, well anyone getting a transplant is in trouble.

I saw the headline on Yahoo but did not read it. I do rememeber a person dying of AIDS after he received some donated organs from a person who had no idea they had AIDS. I think after the rabies story donated organs will be screened even more then they are. What a crazy story! Not many people who get rabies are bit by a animal carrying rabies. Some people end up get those very painful shots in the stomach area! Was not that long ago a girl in Wisconsin got bit by a bat with rabies. Doctors did a different treatment on her and it saved her life. She had to do alot of rehabing to ge back to normal but if the doctors had not done what they did she would not be here today!

Most always the organs are just fine when they are being transplanted. They do what test they can but they are not a 100% sure if the transplant will take. Some times the new home to that organ will rejected since its not its body that is a risk and doctors do tell you about that.