That's what I did today.
No...not the ones you pull out of a whole fryer. Human ones. A heart that was still beating in a body that had already passed on.
But maybe it will beat for someone else.
My patient was gone from the moment I set foot on the unit today. I spent the day working like mad to preserve the organs inside that patient's shell of a body.
I'll probably never know (this side of heaven) who will benefit from those organs. But I'm thankful to have been able to participate in the process.
~Alicia
This post is linked to Finer Things Friday.
What a gift! and you have a front row seat to saving lives.
ReplyDeleteThank you. My 40 year old husband may be the recipient of a heart in the near future.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! What an amazing feeling to know you're instrumental is SAVING a life.
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