“BRAIN DEAD” TEEN WAKES UP JUST BEFORE HIS ORGANS WERE TO BE DONATED

A British teenager who was declared brain dead after being hit by a van woke up just hours before his organs were going to be donated. Lewis Roberts, 18, from Blackshaw Moor, Staffordshire, was hit by the vehicle on Saturday, March 13. Four days after the crash, his grieving relatives were told he was brain dead. They agreed to donate his organs to help the lives of seven other people. This bought Lewis extra time before his life support machine was turned off. But then, just hours before the donation surgery, he began to breathe again on his own. Since then, he has been progressing. He has started to react to pain tests, moving his limbs on his own, moving his head from side to side, blinking and also moving his mouth.
* I know his family’s happy, but there are 7 other people who are probably a little bit disappointed.
* His family has agreed not to tell him about the whole “organ” thing.
* At least give the name of the hospital so people can take their family members somewhere else.
* I know what you’re thinking. “Aren’t all teenagers just a little bit brain dead?” Shame on you.