Comments on: Transplant Recipient Dies From Rodent Virus Infected Kidney http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/05/14/transplant-recipient-dies-from-rodent-virus-infected-kidney/ The latest from the FOX News Health team. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:12:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Kevin, PA http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/05/14/transplant-recipient-dies-from-rodent-virus-infected-kidney/#comment-7987 Kevin, PA Thu, 15 May 2008 11:22:19 +0000 http://foxnewshealth.wordpress.com/?p=374#comment-7987 I used to have an organ donor card...when I was denied health insurance because of my weight, I decided helping a society of people who had casually decided my life was not worth saving if I became sick or injured was just me being a sucker. My organs clearly weigh too much anyway...you guys wouldn't want them. I wonder how they got a bunch of homeless people (you know...people nobody would miss if something happened to them?) to sign organ donor cards, anyway? I used to have an organ donor card…when I was denied health insurance because of my weight, I decided helping a society of people who had casually decided my life was not worth saving if I became sick or injured was just me being a sucker.
My organs clearly weigh too much anyway…you guys wouldn’t want them.

I wonder how they got a bunch of homeless people (you know…people nobody would miss if something happened to them?) to sign organ donor cards, anyway?

]]> By: Tom http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/05/14/transplant-recipient-dies-from-rodent-virus-infected-kidney/#comment-7955 Tom Wed, 14 May 2008 19:28:48 +0000 http://foxnewshealth.wordpress.com/?p=374#comment-7955 Sounds like the same virus that ultimately killed a relative a few years ago. He likely contracted it from rodent droppings in his mattress at a hunting cabin that was only used a few times a year. Doctors first said it was flu, then pneumonia. When it did not respond to treatment, they learned of his exposure. By then he was gone. Hopefully that will serve as a heads-up to others. Sounds like the same virus that ultimately killed a relative a few years ago. He likely contracted it from rodent droppings in his mattress at a hunting cabin that was only used a few times a year. Doctors first said it was flu, then pneumonia. When it did not respond to treatment, they learned of his exposure. By then he was gone. Hopefully that will serve as a heads-up to others.

]]> By: Gigi http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/05/14/transplant-recipient-dies-from-rodent-virus-infected-kidney/#comment-7954 Gigi Wed, 14 May 2008 19:19:46 +0000 http://foxnewshealth.wordpress.com/?p=374#comment-7954 I would never knowingly accept an organ from a homeless person. Didn't anyone think about the fact that they probably don't live in the most sanitary of conditions? The ethics of using homeless people's organs is questionable, if not downright despicable. I would never knowingly accept an organ from a homeless person. Didn’t anyone think about the fact that they probably don’t live in the most sanitary of conditions? The ethics of using homeless people’s organs is questionable, if not downright despicable.

]]> By: Carl http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/05/14/transplant-recipient-dies-from-rodent-virus-infected-kidney/#comment-7953 Carl Wed, 14 May 2008 18:51:52 +0000 http://foxnewshealth.wordpress.com/?p=374#comment-7953 What has the country come to, when people dying of need for transplant organs, get their last best hope from the harvested remains of dying hobos and drunks and drug addicts off the street. What has the country come to, when people dying of need for transplant organs, get their last best hope from the harvested remains of dying hobos and drunks and drug addicts off the street.

]]> By: Mary http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/05/14/transplant-recipient-dies-from-rodent-virus-infected-kidney/#comment-7950 Mary Wed, 14 May 2008 18:38:03 +0000 http://foxnewshealth.wordpress.com/?p=374#comment-7950 Are we so hard up for organs that we are harvesting them from the homeless?!? The medical profession should know that the homeless are worst for organs. They tend to be junkies, alcoholics, and eat poorly. The doctors that harvested the organs from this homeless man should be used and the hospital should be sued too. Are we so hard up for organs that we are harvesting them from the homeless?!? The medical profession should know that the homeless are worst for organs. They tend to be junkies, alcoholics, and eat poorly. The doctors that harvested the organs from this homeless man should be used and the hospital should be sued too.

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