Did the anesthesiologist take a coffee break and not pay attention to oxygen levels?
Sounds like he was not a good candidate for the procedure. He had sleep apnea and carried the trait for Sickle Cell. Sounds like it was a bad idea all around.
Sad!
These stories always tug at my heartstrings. Someone is doing a good deed, never knowing the outcome will be tragic.
Oops.
As the saying goes, “No good deed goes unpunished”
Altruism kills.
Well, you can’t say he didn’t suck the marrow out of life.
I have thought about being a donor for many years and never went through with it. Before agreeing, I would want the assurance that someone else paid all my expenses for the procedure and any complications. I don’t mind the time or physical pain to save a life but I’m not going into debt for it and hospitals are so damn expensive.
Very sorry for this man and his family.
This is the first time I’ve heard of a marrow donor dying after the procedure. I suppose any surgery for any reason will hold a certain level of risk.
I almost never hear of anyone having Sickle Cell Anemia these days. It was more talked about some 40 years ago. I recall one of my classmates having the condition back in the 70’s.
I don’t know if she’s still around or not.
He should not have been accepted for this operation.
That we should all be so kind.
RIP, Derrick Nelson.
Very sad. He sounds like an all around good man - military service, very respected and admired in his community and professionally, and obviously with a very kind heart.
Any kind of surgery is dangerous, especially the anesthesia, although it sounds as if maybe the hospital should have checked for the sickle cell factor (even though it may have had nothing to do with his death) earlier.
In any case, a brave and good man. Memory eternal.
No good deed goes unpunished.