A Gift of Life Turns Deadly

This (A Gift of Life Turns Deadly) is quite a shocking story! Can you imagine how you would feel as the donor's parents, the donor recipients or the doctors? Unbelievable! Don't you think this would have been discovered in a routine scanning of the organs prior to the transplants? Of course, this all happened due to a misdiagnosis of the 15-year old boy's condition. Doctors are human and make mistakes as we all do, but when they make a mistake it can easily take the life of a bright and promising child.

From a site dedicated to the young man:

Alex Koehne, a ninth grader at Pierson High School in Sag Harbor NY suddenly passed on March 30, 2007 after a brief battle with Non Hodgkin’s Large T Cell Lymphoma. Alex, a much-loved son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin and friend to many is greatly missed.

A vibrant and outgoing young man, Alex had a wide range of interests as demonstrated by his participation in acting on stage in school plays, as a member of the East Hampton football team and, as we fondly recall, a true passion for watersports.