Amidst Chaos, Tristan rua 4 lub neej los ntawm organ donation

Zuj zus, Tristan Miller yog ib tug zoo siab, pab me tub. Nws niam, Jeanine, remembers nws li mature rau nws muaj hnub nyoog – ib txwm tiv thaiv nws tus kwv tij, Quentin. Nws loj los hlub tshiab yaam puab paub thiab adventure.

"Nws yog ib qho nyuaj rau summ txog ib tug neeg nyob rau hauv ib qho teeb meem ntawm ob peb lo lus," Jeanine hais. "[Tristan] nyiam nyob. Nws yog ib tug ntawm cov me nyuam uas mas txhua yam – yuav tsum tau xyuas tej yam tawm rau nws tus kheej. Nws tsis nyob ib lub neej boring."

Sunday, Ntuj 24, 2020, tam sim no tag nrho loj hlob tuaj, 19 xyoo Tristan thiab 17 xyoo Quentin coj lawv ATVs rau ib nyiam nuv ntses nyob ze lawv lub tsev nyob rau qaum teb Minnesota. Cov ntses tsis tom, ces Tristan dhia ntawd rau nws ATV thiab taws tsev. Thaum nws rho tseg, Quentin hnov cov nrov hum ntawm Tristan tus ATV nyob deb li cas, ces mam li nco dheev, nws tso tseg tsis.

Quentin paub ib yam dab tsi yog tsis ncaj ncees lawm. Nws rushed mus nrhiav Tristan tus ATV muaj collided nrog ib tsob ntoo. Quentin hu ua kev pab ces sim revive nws tij laug.

Tom qab tub ceev xwm los txog, Tristan yog airlifted rau north Memorial tsev kho mob nyob robbinsdale.

Jeanine thiab nws tsev neeg tsav peb teev kom tau nrog Tristan. Vim cov COVID-19 txwv tsis pub, qhua tau txwv rau ib tug neeg rau ib teev, tab sis North Memorial tsev kho mob ua exceptions.

"Lawv tau dav heev ntawm lub tsev kho mob," Jeanine hais. "Peb tau thankful rau ntawd."

Tristan tus kws kho mob hais tias lawv tau ua txhua yam lawv yuav txuag nws, tab sis tus outlook yog grim. Tom ntej no tuaj tos.

Raws li Tristan tus mob worsened, Jeanine remembers zaum hauv lub tsev kho mob tuesday, May 26, kawm – los ntawm Facebook – ntawm tus civil unrest zoj zis nyob ib ncig ntawm lawv teb rau cov tua neeg ntawm George Floyd. Nws thiab nws tsev neeg tau nyob nrog nws tus phauj hauv lub ntxaib ntxaib lub zos thiab cov freeways ntawm nws lub tsev thiab lub tsev kho mob tau feem. Lawv ua rau nws tus phauj lub tsev hmo ntawd, tab sis Jeanine yuav NW nyuam qhuav qhwv nws lub siab nyob ib ncig ntawm dab tsi yog zoj zis – nws tus tub yog ib yam mob tseem ceeb heev nyob rau hauv ib lub tsev kho mob nyob deb ntawm lub tsev amid ib pandemic thiab civil unrest.

Txog rau hnub Friday, Ntuj 29, Tristan tus mob deteriorated rau lub hlwb tuag. Tom qab tau txais cov xa mus cuag los ntawm cov neeg ua hauj lwm North Memorial, LifeSource mus txog tsev neeg. Vim Tristan kis tseg rau hauv ib lub tsev kho mob rau ib ventilator (tsaug cov heroic yam ntawm nws tij laug Quentin), Tristan muaj lub sijhawm tsawg tsawg ua ib organ hloov. Tsuas muaj ib feem pua ntawm cov neeg nyob hauv teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas uas kis tau ntawd sij hawm. Lub yees duab no los ntawm LifeSource piav txog qhov criteria thiab seb cov txheej txheem donation tej hauj lwm.

Tristan tsis tau sau npe ua ib tug pub rau nws tsav tsheb daim ntawv tso cai, ces qhov kev txiav txim ntawd tshuav rau tsev neeg. Rau Jeanine, nws yog ib qho yooj yim "yog".

"Tristan muab nuj nqis nyob rau hauv pab lwm tus neeg thiab ua rau lawv zoo siab," nws hais. "Nws xav ua tus txiv leej tub uas txuag hnub. Kuv tsis pom ib txoj kev zoo los tsim nws lub neej ces tso cai rau lwm tus neeg mus ntxiv lawv."

LifeSource Tsev neeg txhawb Coordinator, Erica Staples, taug kev Jeanine los ntawm txoj kev donation thiab dab tsi yuav cia siab tias.

LifeSource Cov neeg ua hauj lwm hauv kev txhawb tsev neeg los ntawm tej lub moments hardest moments ntawm lawv lub neej. Jeanine yog grappling nrog yuav muab cov xov xwm ntawm Tristan tus tuag rau nws tus niam hluas, Annabelle. Erica muab ib co tswv yim thiab coj phau ntawv, qhov chaw tom ntej rau lub tsev kho mob pab nrog cov kev sib tham. Nws yog ib qhov chaw muab kev pab LifeSource Donor Family Aftercare pab neeg xa tag nrho cov tsev neeg nyob rau hauv cov nyiaj them yug me nyuam muab ob peb lub lis piam tom qab cov tsis tau lawv hlub ib tug.

"[Erica] yog li txhij txhua thiab pab," hais Jeanine. "Kuv tsis cia siab rau ib txoj kev zoo yog hais tias kuv yuav tsum tau mus txog qhov kev no txhua."

Rov qab rau sab nraum qab LifeSource Chaw ua hauj lwm hauv North Minneapolis, Karen Hecimovich, tus thawj tswj ntawm Organ Rov qab thiab Preservation Services, yog assembling ib pab neeg rov qab Tristan tus khoom plig. Qhov no LifeSource Donor Services Center twb tseem xa tawm organ muaj rau tej tus neeg tau txais kev pab los ntawm lub teb chaws Network rau organ Sib koom (UNOS).

"Txhua khoom plig suav," hais Susan Gunderson, LifeSource CEO. "Lub neej dai nyob rau hauv qhov nqi koj tshuav. Peb paub peb yuav tsum tau ua txhua yam nyob rau hauv peb lub hwj huam los fulfill tsev neeg xav, tawm hauv ib txojsia rau Tristan thiab txuag lub neej los ntawm donation thiab transplantation."

Tristan tus khoom plig rua plaub lub neej:

• Tristan lub plawv thiab tshuav raum yuav mus rau ib tug txiv neej 58 xyoo;
• Nws siab mus rau ib tug txiv neej 43 xyoo;
• Lub pancreas rau ib tug poj niam 25 xyoo; Thiab
• Ib lub raum rau ib tug txiv neej 32 xyoo.

Vim cov curfews thiab kev ruaj ntseg kev txhawj xeeb, Tristan lub txiv kab ntxwv rov phais yog qeeb los ntawm hmo Friday rau hnub Saturday.

Qhov qeeb no yog txoj kev xaiv rau kev ruaj ntseg ntawm cov neeg ua hauj lwm rov qab, tab sis ib qho nyuaj rau Jeanine. "Thaum koj twb ua qhov kev txiav txim siab los pub, koj nyob nraum npaj ua" nws hais.

Ntau heroes stepped los xyuas Tristan tus khoom plig yuav tau zoo tu qab tso thiab transplanted, txuag li ntau lub neej tau, xws li Dennis – ib tug neeg tsav tsheb los ntawm tag nrho cov tsheb thauj mus los.

feem ntau, LifeSource Yuav thauj lawv tus kheej hauv nom tsheb mus rau lub tsev kho mob donor, tab sis nrog lub curfews looming thiab civil unrest, tag nrho tsheb thauj mus los, ib tug neeg dawb Huv Paul kuas tuam txhab, hu ua thauj lub txiv kab ntxwv rov qab pab neeg no. Tom qab kev kawm nws tau muab tsheb thauj mus los rau, tus neeg tsav tsheb – Dennis – yog tsis tshua muaj neeg ua phem rau kev pab donation tshwm sim rau hnub no nws muab xijpeem yog yuav tsum tau ua tus donation tshwm sim. Nws twb tuaj tsav Karen, nrog rau ib lub raum, ncaj qha mus rau M Health Fairview kom xa lub raum rau lub raum tos transplant surgeons thiab neeg tau txais kev pab.

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