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Title: A good heart wasted.
Post by: JohnnyReb on April 02, 2015, 08:21:21 AM
copied from....

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/georgia-teen-who-got-donated-heart-dies-in-crime-spree-cops/ar-AAajise?ocid=TSHDHP

He promised to change his misguided ways if he got a new heart, but evidently troubled Anthony Stokes was unable to make good on those vows.

The Georgia teen died Tuesday after a botched home invasion, crashing a stolen car and ending the troubled life that was extended back in 2013, when he got a controversial heart transplant.

Stokes, 17, wrecked the carjacked sedan into a pole as he tried to flee police, authorities said, and the elderly Roswell woman he shot during a botched robbery was in stable condition in a hospital.

Read the rest.
Title: Re: A good heart wasted.
Post by: longview on April 02, 2015, 09:16:48 AM
I agree the man "wasted" the incredible gift he received.  He wasted his first shot, too, it seems.

I doubt the emotional and subjective "I'll turn my life around, if only..." had anything to do with his getting the transplant. the teams who make those decisions go with the objective info.  Often, knowing little else about the potential recipients.  He was probably the best candidate, health wise, at the time.
Title: Re: A good heart wasted.
Post by: obumazombie on April 02, 2015, 09:40:59 AM
My understanding of the story was that the recipient was previously denied the transplant because of being non compliant.
It's as if the powers that be understood what a waste it would be.
Title: Re: A good heart wasted.
Post by: SVPete on April 02, 2015, 10:27:26 AM
What are the chances that GA and US taxpayers footed the bill for that transplant, after-surgery care, and the anti-rejection meds he had to be on for the rest of his (now abbreviated) life?
Title: Re: A good heart wasted.
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on April 02, 2015, 12:25:21 PM
What are the chances that GA and US taxpayers footed the bill for that transplant, after-surgery care, and the anti-rejection meds he had to be on for the rest of his (now abbreviated) life?

Well, that bill's not adding any more, at least.

 :-)
Title: Re: A good heart wasted.
Post by: wasp69 on April 02, 2015, 12:55:04 PM
From the article:

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At the time, Stokes was given six to nine months to live and the banishment by doctors at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta was essentially a “death sentence,” said activists who came to his defense.

“He’s a young boy. He's going to make mistakes, but I still think he deserves a second chance,” said his mom Melencia Hamilton.

The teen was wearing a court-ordered ankle monitoring bracelet for past fighting when he learned he had dilated cardiomyopathy, an enlarged heart that is too weak to pump enough blood.

The family and his supporters said Stokes was being punished “because he was poor, black and had trouble with the law, which his mother said was for fighting,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Photos from his Facebook page show selfies in which Stokes points a gun and clutches wads of cash. Several pictures feature Stokes smoking marijuana. Among his "likes" is the video game Grand Theft Auto 5.

And the last mugshot of mama's sweet little angel:

(http://img.s-msn.com/tenant/amp/entityid/AAajTKq.img?h=267&w=270&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=1192&y=1129)
Title: Re: A good heart wasted.
Post by: obumazombie on April 02, 2015, 04:55:16 PM
Another addition to media darling angels.
Like saint skittles Trayvon, and saint swisher sweets Brown.
Title: Re: A good heart wasted.
Post by: Ptarmigan on April 02, 2015, 09:40:45 PM
So much for second chance.  :mental: