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Ex-Wife gets his liver - A divorced man donated part of his liver to his ex-wife
USA Today ^ | 09/22/03 | Staff Writer

Posted on 09/22/2003 11:58:10 AM PDT by bedolido

Edited on 04/13/2004 1:41:11 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

True meaning of giving ST. LOUIS (AP)

(Excerpt) Read more at usatoday.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: divorced; donated; exwife; liver; organdonation
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Vivan Corrie of Troy, Ill., shown with grandchildren, got a liver donation from her ex-husband.

1 posted on 09/22/2003 11:58:11 AM PDT by bedolido
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To: bedolido
And he better not even think of being late w/ next month's alimoney!
2 posted on 09/22/2003 12:01:04 PM PDT by .cnI redruM (Success will not come to you. You go to success.)
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To: .cnI redruM
Might as well... she already had the house and the car....
3 posted on 09/22/2003 12:03:10 PM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire with meetings,they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Robe
I hope he ran some booze through it first.
4 posted on 09/22/2003 12:04:56 PM PDT by exile (Exile - proudly ticking off the Left since 1992)
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To: Robe
Yeah, if my exwife gave me her liver I'd feed it to the cat and dog.
5 posted on 09/22/2003 12:05:58 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (CLARK/HILLARY 04 = JUAN/EVITA 04)
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To: bedolido
They got most of the money and all the p****...now they want our livers!?
6 posted on 09/22/2003 12:06:21 PM PDT by quark
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To: bedolido
A divorced man donated part of his liver to his ex-wife earlier this year — at the suggestion of his new fiancee.

Well, it's not my threesome fantasy...
7 posted on 09/22/2003 12:07:31 PM PDT by over3Owithabrain
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To: quark
Well, it could have been worse. At least his lawyer was somehow able to negotiate it down to just half of his liver.
8 posted on 09/22/2003 12:09:03 PM PDT by Bob (http://www.TomMcClintock.com)
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To: Bringbackthedraft
this is a beautiful real-life story of love and friendship. I don't understand everyone's grief... of course I've never been divorced... married for 32 years (to the same person).
9 posted on 09/22/2003 12:10:09 PM PDT by bedolido (I can forgive you for killing my sons, but I cannot forgive you for forcing me to kill your sons)
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To: .cnI redruM
Hmm...maybe he left her? Ever thought of that?
10 posted on 09/22/2003 12:10:11 PM PDT by Hildy (SUCKER: Short-sighted Uncompromising Conservative Kool-Aid-drinking Elitist Republican.)
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To: bedolido
I find this to be amazingly noble. The man is a saint. The world is a better place because he is in it.
11 posted on 09/22/2003 12:11:51 PM PDT by Protagoras (Putting government in charge of morality is like putting pedophiles in charge of children.)
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To: Bob
If my ex-wife was on fire, and I had a full bladder, I'd risk kidney damage.
12 posted on 09/22/2003 12:12:34 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: bedolido

" . . . well, can we 'ave your liver, then?"

13 posted on 09/22/2003 12:18:47 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . there is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: Calvin Locke
If my ex-wife was on fire, and I had a full bladder, I'd risk kidney damage.

aka: Bladder-Spladder

14 posted on 09/22/2003 12:23:26 PM PDT by bedolido (I can forgive you for killing my sons, but I cannot forgive you for forcing me to kill your sons)
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To: bedolido
Wonderful story.

My best friend died a few days ago for lack of a donor. I will miss her terribly.
15 posted on 09/22/2003 12:27:02 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn
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To: Protagoras
He did it to spare his son.

Her 32-year-old son offered to be the donor... But the young man's father... feared that their son was too weak from an accident the year before to undergo the surgery.

16 posted on 09/22/2003 12:34:02 PM PDT by Cooter
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To: mtbopfuyn
So sorry for your loss.
17 posted on 09/22/2003 12:38:24 PM PDT by Auntbee
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To: Cooter
I read the article. The world is a better place because he is in it. He spared his son and saved his exwife because he had guts and love.

Skepticism and cynicism are different things.

18 posted on 09/22/2003 12:39:37 PM PDT by Protagoras (Putting government in charge of morality is like putting pedophiles in charge of children.)
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To: bedolido
Well, I see the usual crowd is here damning marriage. Never mind. My ex-wife and I get along very well. We were married for 14 years. If she needed a liver transplant, and mine was compatible, I'd donate part of it to her. And my current wife of 12 years would be right behind me.

Not every divorce is nasty, and not every ex-wife is out to get all she can.

Kudos to this guy for his generous offer. He saved a life. All you who are ragging on him and his ex are way out of line, in my opinion. I'm sorry your marriages ended badly, but that doesn't mean that this guy didn't do a good thing.
19 posted on 09/22/2003 12:58:36 PM PDT by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: MineralMan
From the photo, it looks like the grandchildren are the biggest winners. Saving your children's mother and your grandchildren's grandmother is getting an awful lot back, isn't it?
20 posted on 09/22/2003 2:06:55 PM PDT by CobaltBlue
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