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Religions > Bible |
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"SheBlewHimDidYouBlowHim" |
| Date: |
05 Apr 2005 09:09:01 PM |
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god tried to MURDER a baby, but was stopped |
God tried to murder the baby, fortunately a grandmother stepped in and
stopped god from committing MURDER
http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/04/05/liver.donation.ap/index.html
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Ten-month-old Alondra Martinez was showing
signs of end-stage liver disease and needed a transplant fast. Family
members tried in vain to donate parts of their organs to save her, but were
incompatible.
For six months Alondra waited on a transplant list until she received a gift
from a stranger -- a 50-year-old grandmother from St. George, Utah.
Katie Hale had signed up two years ago to be a liver donor after researching
online about how the organ can regenerate itself. Last month, she underwent
a four-hour operation at USC University Hospital where doctors harvested
one-fifth of her liver for Alondra.
Evangelina Martinez was shocked when doctors told her they had found a
living organ donor match.
"It's a miracle," Martinez said. "I'll be thankful all my life for my
daughter."
On Monday, Hale met Alondra for the first time at Childrens Hospital, where
the transplant took place. Hale wiped away tears when Alondra's mother
appeared with the baby. The women embraced as Hale handed a white teddy bear
to the child.
"It's probably the best feeling I've ever had seeing this little baby," Hale
said.
More than 87,000 people are on the nation's organ transplant waiting list,
and about 700 of them are 5 years old or younger, according to the United
Network for Organ Sharing.
Dr. Dan Thomas, medical director of the transplant program at Childrens
Hospital Los Angeles, noted that live liver donations are critical. Without
them, "we have children who won't make it," Thomas said.
Shortly after Alondra was born, her parents noticed that she seemed
jaundiced. After developing a hernia, Alondra was diagnosed with bilary
atresia, a disease in which the ducts carrying bile from the liver to the
intestine are blocked.
Alondra underwent surgery last summer to connect the intestine directly into
the liver, providing a corridor for bile into the intestine. But she still
needed a transplant to survive.
Hale, who has three grandchildren, including two who are the same age as
Alondra, said she cannot help but feel a special connection to the little
girl.
Prior to Monday, Hale had only seen her photo, thanks to an inscribed
picture frame that Alondra's parents gave Hale during a hospital visit last
weekend.
"We'll always keep in touch," Hale said.
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