Photo: Posthope.org/Kendra Haas
A lot of us have made the decision to become organ donors, but of course, we hope that we never actually have to follow through with that decision. The reality is, to save a life, one has to be lost. So as one family’s desperate dreams come true, another family’s worst nightmare becomes their real life.
Such is the case with Jedidiah Haas. Haas, a husband and father of 2, has cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that affects the lungs. Despite working hard to maintain his health, over the past 18 months, Haas lung function reached a low of just 14%, and he had to be on oxygen 24/7. Haas and his wife began to pray fervently for a lung donor so that he could continue living and raising their 2 children,
Thankfully, their prayers were recently answered and Haas underwent a successful double-lung transplant. But in their triumph, another family’s tragedy existed. Haas’ wife, Kendra acknowledges this rub in a beautiful letter she wrote to the donor’s family on their Posthope.org site. She says,
To the Family of My Husband’s Donor,
