AIDS from their organ donor.

melsb · **AIDS from their organ donor.**

Four get AIDS virus from organ donor - Yahoo! News

This is heartbreaking. Simply heartbreaking.

calimari · 11-13-2007, 03:52 PM

According to the article, it's actually HIV - not full-blown AIDS. Sad that the tests for that aren't 100% but, still, if these folks were at the top of the transplant list, they needed the organs. And people can live a LONG time HIV positive now. My cousin has had it for at least 15 years & he's doing very well. Nothing is 100% I guess.

deemom · 11-13-2007, 04:00 PM

Transplant patients are already immunosuppressed so I wonder if their progression from HIV to AIDS will be quicker than in a non-immunosuppressed patient.

It's sad that mistakes like this happen. On the flip side I agree with Calimari that they might have died already if they hadn't had the transplant.

Kellyandgirls · 11-13-2007, 04:33 PM

Thats sad!! They did the right things and got the donor tested it just shows things are not full proof!!