Wasted transplant
Posted on 04/02/2015 9:38:29 AM PDT by QT3.14
In 2013, then-15-year-old Anthony Stokes was dying and desperately needed a heart transplant that he couldn’t get because, according to doctors, he had “a history of noncompliance.”
Stokes’s family suspected that his low grades and a history of trouble with the law gave doctors reason to believe that he would not be willing to take his medicine or show up at subsequent doctor’s visits. The Georgia teen’s story story sparked outrage, and the hospital quickly reversed its decision, giving him priority on the transplant list.
But two years later, after he received a transplant, Stokes’s “second chance” has come to an abrupt end.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Aspiring hip hop artist, eagerly looking forward to community college to get a degree in Law Enforcement or Homeland Security, and planning on joining the church choir. He was just turning his life around.
Just think of the life that could have been saved with that heart.
Well there’s a wasted heart.
And the beat goes on.
When will we learn that if libs support it, it’s not a good idea.
meanwhile someone of a different voting block didn’t receive the heart and died. Nice. Like putting a bow and doily on a pile of pig dung.
My thoughts exactly.
What a waste of a “second chance” for a productive member of society, given to a lowlife due to political correctness. This is one time for sure the doctors were right!
Good. Riddance.
If Barry had a son....
Holder’s people........
Aspiring rapper.........
Hands up, can’t breathe......
There’s just so many memes in this picture.
Wonder why he needed a new heart in the first place...?
So not only did Children's Healthcare of Atlanta cave under pressure and reverse sound medical judgment but they gave him PRIORITY on the transplant list, meaning there's a good chance someone else died so this juvenile delinquent could commit another two years worth of crimes.
His Mama said “That’s no way my boy dey tawkin’ ‘bout. My boy wooden do that.”
Al Sharpton was reported to be on his way to the Atlanta crime scene in his MSNBC Boeing 747, “Al Farce One”.
Can they take the heart out of that useless good for nothing asshole and give it to someone else?
Let's see: He got to break in and burglarize a home, shoot at an 81-year-old woman, steal a car, and hit a pedestrian.
Geez, who wouldn't want to do all those things?
I don’t see a “comments” option for this particular Washington Post report. I guess the bleeding heart editors at the Post don’t want to hand the public rhetorical sticks to beat them with.
Usually a brush with death and a second chance like this causes one to reflect more deeply on their lives.
Guess not so in this case.
This will be blamed on the cops who were chasing him.
No...actually didn’t ‘peek’ :0)
The preponderance of events similar to this all end with the same story.
I harken back to an old cartoon movie I saw with my daughter 20-25 or so years ago (Beauty & the Beast?). Vanessa Williams sang the song.
It went.....”Tale as old as time....song as old as rhyme...blah blah...”
I’ve re-lyric-ed it. “Tale as old as Time, song as old as crime...... and so on.” Same old liberal crap, same excuses, same results.
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