Descrizione:
La vicenda si sviluppa all'Ospedale universitario del Colorado (USA) nel luglio/agosto 2010.
Chad Arnold di 38 anni, ha una malattia del fegato, PSC, e i medici stabiliscono la necessità di un trapianto. Il fratello Ryan di 34 anni risulta compatibile e nonostante abbia una moglie e tre bambini di 1, 4 e 6 anni si presta a dargli una parte di fegato.
L'amore per il fratello lo rende cieco e superficiale, si gloria “io sono sano e resterò sano”. Un équipe di medici rimuove il 60% (in alcuni articoli si indica due terzi) del fegato sano di Ryan che viene risciacquato e portato nella stanza vicina per essere trapiantato a Chad, a cui è stato rimosso il fegato malato.
Il chirurgo di Ryan, Dr Khan, precisa che l'operazione è rischiosa: se viene rimosso troppo fegato o qualcosa va storto è il donatore che è a rischio di vita. Continua “è ancora una chirurgia controversa”.
Infatti in questo caso solo due giorni dopo l'operazione Ryan ebbe un arresto cardiaco e finì in Rianimazione dove due giorni dopo morì il 02/08/2010.
Commento:
Ryan 34 anni, sano, attivo e forte, marito e padre di tre bambini di 1, 4 e 6 anni ora è sepolto. Lascia una moglie nella sofferenza, tre bambini senza padre, i genitori nell'angoscia, un fratello nel rimorso che continua a ripetere “Ryan è un eroe... uomo profondamente credente, per lui fu una cosa normale che avrebbe fatto per chiunque”.
Il 29/11/10 Chad ha rilasciato un'intervista a NBC's “Today” dove dice che il fegato ricevuto da suo fratello non funziona come dovrebbe ed è già stato reinserito da alcune settimane nella lista d'attesa per un nuovo trapianto!!! Da segnalare anche che da questa intervista non si hanno più notizie su Chad.
Da parte nostra la condanna per l'egoismo di Chad che non poteva non sapere che il fratello rischiava la vita, il biasimo totale per Ryan per la mancanza di senso di responsabilità nei confronti della sua famiglia, dei suoi bambini e di sé stesso.
Ryan non è un eroe ma un incapace di autodifesa personale e dei suoi cari, un succube del conformismo buonista e il suo sacrificio completamente inutile.
I medici predatori di organi sanno come manipolare i deboli di spirito.
La campagna in atto in Italia per la donazione da viventi sani si basa su ricatti familiari (le donne le principali prede) e su pagamenti sottobanco.
Trascrizione in inglese:
It’s 5.30 a.m. in the waiting room at the University of Colorado hospital. Ryan Arnold and his brother Chad are in good spirits. Their mom and dad and wives are there for support. They are quickly prepped for surgery as Ryan prepares to donate part of his liver to Chad, who is overcome with emotion.
CHAD: “yes, it’s a humbing experience” as he recalls the day he learned his brother Ryan was a match.
CHAD: “He said ‘I’m a match’… And you... you feel a lot of things... relief… gratefulness to God and to him... and I think after that you also feel a lot of guilt because I really didn’t want to bring him through this. But he shut me up pretty fast. He said ‘Well you’d do the same thing for me woudn’t you?’”
Chad, who is 38, has PSC, a disease of the liver, for which there is no cure. His condition was deteriorating and he needed a liver, fast. A living donor was his only hope. So Ryan stepped in.
RYAN: “I love Chad, you know, he’s my brother and he’s got a lot of life left to live. I’m healthy and I know I’ll stay healthy. I know I’m gonna recover and I want to see him do the things he wants to do, you know, spend his time with his family and I wanna have him around for a long time.”
There are a few words as the brothers say goodbye. Ryan’s surgery is first. A team of doctors carefully removes 60% of his healthy liver while Chad patiently waits.
CHAD: “I think the thing I’ve learned through all this is God writes the story, it’s not my story to write. Ryan’s the hero and I’m just playing a part. It’s kind of how it’s come to me, he’s just a hero.”
Once the organ is removed from Ryan, it is carefully rinsed and carried next door to be transplanted into Chad, after his diseased liver is taken out.
Dr. Khan performer the surgery on Ryan.
DR KHAN: “This kind of generosity is a wonderful thing to see because he probably will save his brother’s life”
But the surgery is risky. While both livers will regenerate and grow back to their original size. If too much is removed or something goes wrong it’s the donor whose life is at risk.
DR KHAN: “It’s still very controversial surgery. I think that we are very careful selecting our donors and the chance that this will happen are very, very low”
While that may be so, it’s not what happened this time. Just two days after surgery Ryan went into cardiac arrest and was placed on life support. He died two days after that on August 2nd. Ryan Arnold was 34 years old, healthy, active and strong. A husband and father of three little boys aged 1, 4 and 6.
CHAD: “Ryan’s the hero in this”
Chad is now recovering at home. He’s tired and weak but doing well. He describes how he first learned of his brother’s death.
CHAD: “Well, my dad just leaned forward and said ‘I’ve got some bad news’, he was holding back the tears he just said ‘ I’ve got some bad news, Ryan is gone, but we still serve a good God’ He couldn’t have said it better”
Ryan gave Chad the gift of life.
CHAD: “It is the ultimate sacrifice, but he’d do it again”
A gift which lead to his own death. Because of that Chad refuses to focus on himself. CHAD: The story is about a man who is deeply convicted by his faith and because of that what he did for me was a normal thing that he did for people”
While there’s a huge scar on the outside, there’s also one on the inside. Chad is committed to living his life the way Ryan lived his, with faith, compassion and humility.