Relatives of organ donors welcome recipients into family
WWLTV, New Orleans | Meg Farris
HOUMA, La. -- The decision a Houma family made in a time of sadness changed the lives of families across several parishes in southeast Louisiana.
But no one ever dreamed the gift could go beyond the selfless gift of organ donation.
They may not look like they are related, but they are all members of one family.
"It's been such a blessing, you know, all of them have been such a blessing to us," said Marion Haines Duplantis of Houma.
The Duplantis family journey begins when the oldest of their five children, Phyllis Duplantis Blanchard, had kidney failure from type 1 diabetes. Her three brothers were matches.
Brendan donated one of his. Twelve more years passed, and then in her mid-40s, she was in the fight of her life.
"Because I asked her when they had her hooked up (to medical equipment in the nursing home,) and I said, 'You want to go?' And she did that (nodded her head). I say, 'Let them pull the plug?' She said, (nodding again), 'I don't want to suffer any more,' " Cam Duplantis recalls of his conversation with his daughter in 2004.
But no one ever dreamed the gift could go beyond the selfless gift of organ donation.
They may not look like they are related, but they are all members of one family.
"It's been such a blessing, you know, all of them have been such a blessing to us," said Marion Haines Duplantis of Houma.
The Duplantis family journey begins when the oldest of their five children, Phyllis Duplantis Blanchard, had kidney failure from type 1 diabetes. Her three brothers were matches.
Brendan donated one of his. Twelve more years passed, and then in her mid-40s, she was in the fight of her life.
"Because I asked her when they had her hooked up (to medical equipment in the nursing home,) and I said, 'You want to go?' And she did that (nodded her head). I say, 'Let them pull the plug?' She said, (nodding again), 'I don't want to suffer any more,' " Cam Duplantis recalls of his conversation with his daughter in 2004.
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