The increase results from a raging drug poisoning crisis that has killed thousands across Canada and shows no signs of abating
Before Ms. Welz was able to process that her child was essentially gone, she said conversations about potential organ donation took over after representatives from HOPE, which co-ordinates the deceased organ donation process, told the family that Zoe was a “good candidate.” Ms. Welz said there was a sense of urgency to make a decision. The family spent an agonizing two days considering it.
On a November morning in 2016, the Welz family watched Zoe, with life support machines still beeping, get wheeled down a hospital hallway to an operating room. Zoe saved four lives with the donation of her heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and pancreas. “Families that are donating organs to others are showing compassion and love that they aren’t receiving back,” said Dr. Mack, who, as an anesthesiologist and pediatric palliative care doctor, has spent countless days at the bedside of families considering organ donation.
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