On March 26, Gail Graham was admitted to Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare for pain.
After a night in the hospital, the unthinkable happened in the morning: The 42-year-old Hastings woman's heart stopped.
Doctors worked furiously to start it again. But it was too late. By the time they revived her heart, the wife and mother was deemed brain dead.
In the midst of the drama, the shock and the sorrow, her husband Rodney remembered Gail's drivers license indicated she was an organ donor. He believes her heart started beating again so she could fulfill a last wish.
"For us, it was kind of a natural thing we wanted to do," Rodney said. "She was all about helping people and we know that she'd have a chance to help quite a few people."
So far, both of Gail's kidneys, her liver and her heart have gone to help others. As many as 60 other people may eventually receive a second chance at life because of the donation of Gail's organs and tissues.
After a night in the hospital, the unthinkable happened in the morning: The 42-year-old Hastings woman's heart stopped.
Doctors worked furiously to start it again. But it was too late. By the time they revived her heart, the wife and mother was deemed brain dead.
In the midst of the drama, the shock and the sorrow, her husband Rodney remembered Gail's drivers license indicated she was an organ donor. He believes her heart started beating again so she could fulfill a last wish.
"For us, it was kind of a natural thing we wanted to do," Rodney said. "She was all about helping people and we know that she'd have a chance to help quite a few people."
So far, both of Gail's kidneys, her liver and her heart have gone to help others. As many as 60 other people may eventually receive a second chance at life because of the donation of Gail's organs and tissues.
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