RICHMOND, Ky.— A man in Kentucky was ruled brain dead and was getting ready to have his organs taken out while he was still alive. His family is now looking for answers.
She said that her brother is not the same person he used to be.
“TJ liked being outside.” He liked being in the woods and says watching deer was his favorite thing to do. Rhorer said, “He loved camping, hiking, and everything else that was outside.” “He no longer has a life.”
Life changed for good for her brother Anthony Thomas “TJ” Hoover II, who is 36 years old.
He was taken to the emergency room at Baptist Health Richmond on October 25, 2021. He was having a cardiac arrest, which is called a “code blue.” This means he was in serious condition and needed medical help right away.
“They told us TJ didn’t have any reflexes, responses, brainwaves, or brain activity.” That’s what we were told on the 26, 27, 28, 29, and 27. His family decided to turn off his life support because, well, he wasn’t thinking or feeling.
Because of that statement, they chose to follow TJ’s wishes as an organ donor.
„He had his honor walk, but almost as soon as it began, his eyes started to open, and not just open. He was looking around to see what was going on,” Rhorer explained. “And we were told that was just instinct, your reflexes, and he’s not there.”
That wasn’t the case, though. He wasn’t really dead. He was still living.
“It’s life or death.” There’s more to it than anger. I think they were trying to pick my brother; they were willing to kill my brother to save how many other people?
HOTTEST LISTS AND RANKINGS IN KENTUCKY: Horer said the doctors didn’t tell her that her brother woke up during his heart test that morning. She said they would have known he wasn’t dead if they had known that.
Rhorer said she didn’t know about any of this until a surgery preservation coordinator named Nyckoletta Martin called her at the beginning of this year.
Martin was at the hospital getting ready to take over care as the first call person for Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates (KODA). That’s when she got a terrifying phone call.
She was told that TJ was crying, moving around, and trying to pull out his teeth while refusing to let anyone touch him.
He was getting ready for surgery and was being draped, which is kind of crazy, but the doctors decided they were not going to do this case at all, Martin said. “When the KODA supervisor who was on site that day called KODA’s administration for help, they told them, “You will find another surgeon or you’ll lose your job because we’re going to finish this case.”
She said that no one, not even TJ, could believe what was going on.
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“TJ has trouble remembering things in the short term because of the surgery, but he knows what happened.” “Why me?” asks TJ. Why did they want my body parts? Martin said, “TJ still feels bad that he didn’t die so that people could get his organs to save their lives.” “I think that’s terrible.” That shouldn’t ever happen to anyone. That’s not what his goal is all about.
Martin and Rhorer made a bond that didn’t seem likely. Now, both of them want answers.
“Why was TJ put to sleep and paralyzed after he woke up instead of being taken back to the ICU right away for another neuro exam?” He also asked, “Why wasn’t TJ’s life respected, and why was he treated like a patient?” “Everyone wants to think this is a one-time thing, but it’s not.” And it really shocks me. Anyone who is taking care of you needs to be someone you can trust. In this case, TJ’s life was in their hands. Where is the trust then?”
This case is now being looked into by the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office.
“Our office has talked to advocates and members of Kentucky’s congressional delegation about this horrible claim.” “We will continue to look over the facts with our Kentucky law enforcement and prosecutorial partners to figure out the best way to respond,” Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman said in a statement.
“Every new thing that comes out shocks me even more,” Rhorer said. “And I’m living it.” “You know, that’s everyone else’s story; that’s our truth.”
Source: Kentucky Family Demands Answers After Organs Nearly Taken From Living Man
