The Story of Brian The death of someone we love is one of the hardest things we will ever have to face. In the consuming grief which follows, it is difficult to imagine that anything positive could result. One evening last spring Brian was struck by a car while riding home from his high school. He was rushed to the emergency room with severe head injuries.
Brain death is a condition in which all indications of brain function have permanently ceased.
With the use of a machine called a respirator breathing was mechanically maintained and his heart continued to beat. Brian's parents and older brother were grief-stricken and in a state of shock. But Brian's story does not end here. His nurse in the Intensive Care Unit knew that everything possible had been done to save Brian's life. She suggested to Brian's parents that a positive result could still come out of this family tragedy if they would give permission to donate Brian's healthy organs and tissues to others in great need.