{"id":13622,"date":"2020-06-23T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/widow-donates-kidney-to-same-man-saved-by-her-husbands-organs-16-years-ago\/"},"modified":"2020-06-23T19:05:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T16:05:00","slug":"widow-donates-kidney-to-same-man-saved-by-her-husbands-organs-16-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/widow-donates-kidney-to-same-man-saved-by-her-husbands-organs-16-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"#Widow donates kidney to same man saved by her husband\u2019s organs 16 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Widow donates kidney to same man saved by her husband\u2019s organs 16 years ago<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Terri Herrington\u2019s late husband saved a life 16 years ago when his organs were donated posthumously. Now, the Florida widow intends to do the same \u2014 and for the very same recipient.<\/p>\n

In 2004, professional roofer Bryan Herrington, 35, lost his life when he fell from a house where he had been working. As a registered donor, his healthy organs saved the lives of four sick individuals, including Jeffery \u201cJeff\u201d Granger, who received a pancreas and one of Bryan\u2019s kidneys.<\/p>\n

So when Jeff, 59, began to lose kidney function again, Terri, 49, was compelled to keep Bryan\u2019s legacy alive.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want people to realize that being an organ donor doesn\u2019t cost you anything. All kidneys [are] pink, there\u2019s blood in all of them and everybody needs one,\u201d she tells the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

For 30 years, Jeff lived with insulin-dependent diabetes before his kidneys began to fail \u2014 a common complication associated with the metabolic disease \u2014 in 2000. By 2004, he was placed on peritoneal dialysis to help extend his life as he waited for a kidney donor to become available.<\/p>\n

On July 13, 2004, Jeff got a call that a man had passed away recently and was a perfect match for a transplant. Eventually, Bryan\u2019s heart, lungs and liver went to three other recipients, while his kidney and pancreas ended up in Granger.<\/p>\n

\"Terry<\/img>
Terri and Bryan Herrington on their wedding day.<\/span>Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After transplantation, a grieving Terri and grateful Jeff decided to stay in touch, but remained anonymous for a year after surgery, per organ donor policy in Florida. Then, Terri disclosed her phone number in a letter.<\/p>\n

Jeff called her right away. \u201cI talked to her 45 minutes just like I\u2019d known her all my life,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

For the next 15 years, the pair, along with Jeff\u2019s wife Pam and Terri\u2019s two sons, Drake and Payton, remained close friends. Making their way from Pensacola across Florida\u2019s panhandle, Terri and her sons would often stop at the Granger home in Wacissa, about 20 miles east of Tallahassee, for a meal or overnight stay, before heading down to Terri\u2019s parents\u2019 home in Orlando.<\/p>\n

\"Terri<\/img>
Terri Herrington<\/span>Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe would go on the boat together,\u201d says Terri, or Jeff and Pam would \u201ccome out to the beach\u201d where she was with her family.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s because of our location .\u2009.\u2009. So I can see him more often as opposed to the other recipients, who live further away,\u201d Terri says of her relationships with Bryan\u2019s organ recipients. \u201cI\u2019m friends with them, but it\u2019s not as close as I am with Jeff.\u201d<\/p>\n

In April 2019, Jeff got the unfortunate news<\/a> that Bryan\u2019s kidney was beginning to fail, too \u2014 but it just so happ<\/a>ened that Terri had a goal to become a living donor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he told me, I was like, \u2018You know, this is something I\u2019ve been thinking about. Maybe you are the person I\u2019m supposed to donate to,\u2019\u2009\u201d she says. \u201cHe must have thought I was kidding or whatever and he stopped talking about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Terri stayed on the case: When Jeff shared the announcement on Facebook that he needed a kidney again, she left a comment: \u201cDid you think I was kidding?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes! Did not take you serious[ly],\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n

She responded, \u201cserious as a new kidney!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Terri<\/img>
Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Terri took all the necessary medical steps to ensure she was the appropriate match, including a chest X-ray, a CT scan of her abdomen and a battery of blood tests. By October, she was declared fit for donation. And the surgery was ultimately set for March 3 after some rescheduling.<\/p>\n

Dr. Kenneth Andreoni, an associate professor and surgical director of kidney transplant at the University of Florida College of Medicine, tells the Daily Mail that Jeff and Terri\u2019s story is unlike any he\u2019s heard.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been many, many amazing donation events. We\u2019ve had co-workers come in and want to be tested anonymously,\u201d he says. \u201cWe\u2019ve had people within the donation program donate to patients they become friends with .\u2009.\u2009. but this one is truly unique, where the spouse of a deceased donor 16 years later would donate their own organs. That\u2019s a new one to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jeffery<\/img>
Jeffery Granger<\/span>Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Terri and Jeff hope their story will inspire others to consider organ donation, which could save one of the 110,000 Americans currently waiting for a donor now, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t have to be a living donor,\u201d says Jeff, \u201cbut there\u2019s no sense of putting organs in the dirt when you can save someone\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many years ago, when Terri\u2019s son Payton was still a toddler, he pointed to Jeff\u2019s stomach and said, \u201cMy daddy\u2019s in there.<\/p>\n

\u201cSure is, son,\u201d Jeff responded, \u201cAnd I\u2019m gonna keep him in there and alive as long as I can.<\/p>\n

Now, Jeff boasts two Herrington organs, and feels \u201clike a new man,\u201d he says.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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