Brian's Heart: Ogden murder victim lives on after organ donation gives new life to 71-year-old man
2019
''Before Brian passed, doctors began prepping his body for organ donation. Darcie said she vividly remembers saying goodbye to Brian before taking him off life support and doctors began harvesting organs for transplants.
“He chose to be a donor, and I was proud that he chose that,” Darcie said. “That just the kind of boy he was, always, like I said, Mr. Friendly.”
Miles away in Salt Lake City, a man lay in a hospital bed, his heart lightly beating. Where Brian’s life was ending, Ray Groth’s life was about to get a new start.
‘Never Give Up’
Ray had been in a Salt Lake City Hospital for weeks, his heart slowly dying''.
Darcie said she takes comfort in the fact that Brian’s heart is still beating. In fact, she hears it on a regular basis. During that first meeting between the Housleys and the Groths, Ray gifted Darcie with a stuffed animal equipped with a button that if pressed, will play a recording of Brian’s heart.
Ray is back to cross country skiing, even though Brian was a snowboarder. Recently he told Darcie that he was taking Brian up for his first cross country ski race.''
''Darcie recently received a letter from another man who received Brian’s kidney and pancreas. She hopes to meet him soon. She just wishes Brian could be around to see it.''
Aug 30 2020
