The patient had the organ transplanted at a hospital in Ohio in December and died in January, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Lynn Sutfin said.
A subsequent investigation that also involved the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Ohio Department of Health determined the patient got rabies from the donated organ. Sutfin did not specify which organ was transplanted.
I donated my mother’s organs back in 2014. While my mother was on life support the doctors didn’t mention it once. Once they confirmed she was brain dead and were able to show it my brothers and I we immediately told them they could take their organs. The biggest problem we had is they wanted to keep her alive longer than we wanted. It was getting close to her bday and we didn’t want her to die on her birthday so we told them the day before is the latest they can do it or we weren’t donating. They found recipients that day and we removed her from life support the next day. She died a day before her birthday.
There wasn’t any pressure nor did they have to try and convince us. Though my whole family has the mindset that we don’t need them after we are dead so just take what you need.