What a very sad and bizarre end we have to the Jesica Santillan story. Jesica’s second heart and lung transplant seemed to be working, but the damage from the first transplant was already done, and it wasn’t survivable. Jesica died on Saturday afternoon with irreversible brain damage.
Now .. the rest of the story. Jesica, as you no doubt know by now, came to this country illegally. On both of the days that both of her transplant surgeries took place about sixteen people who were in this country legally died because they didn’t get their life-saving transplant in time. That’s 32 law-abiding citizens and residents of the United States who passed away while an illegal alien was receiving two hearts and lungs. (Four lungs? Don’t know if they transplant one or two at a time.) Here’s your kicker. When Jesica passed away there was a chance that the heart and lung she received a few days earlier might have been transplanted into yet another recipient. She also had two kidneys, corneas and other organs that could have been transplanted. The doctors asked her family if they would donate her organs. Amazingly, they said NO.
Can you believe this? This family pays a human-smuggler $5,000 to get into this country. They play on the sympathies of Americans to collect donations sufficient to cover the cost of the first operation. The hospital picks up the cost of the second operation – a cost that will be passed on to the taxpayers and to other patients. They give this girl two hearts and at least a couple of lungs that could have been transplanted into law-abiding citizens or residents. Then, when the time comes to show some appreciation or some compassion for others who might need a donor organ .. they say NO!!!!!!!!!!
Can you believe that? Does it not PI$$ you off?!
Of course, you won't hear much, if anything, about this in the media...It would be very "insensitive"!
Just remember --- no good deed goes unpunished.
Mike