Mother refused dead daughter’s kidney
This heartbreaking story is one more reason to make sure you officially become an organ donor before it’s too late.
With her mother desperately in need of a transplant, Laura Ashworth told family and friends she wanted to donate one of her kidneys.
So when the 21-year-old died after an asthma attack, it seemed that the tragedy would at least give Rachel Leake a chance of a healthy new life.
But because Laura had not begun the formal process of becoming a “living donor,” the authorities refused to let her mother receive her organs. Instead they went to strangers at the top of the waiting list.
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