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Ido died suddenly and his limbs saved the life of a 3-year-old toddler: "Feelings of sadness and joy"

A father of three from Herzliya felt severe headaches, and was rushed to Beilinson Hospital in critical condition.

His three surgeries failed, and doctors had to prescribe brain death.

His family honored his request to donate organs, and they were transplanted in five people.

"We have no way of thanking the donor family for what they did for us"

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Meirav Cohen

Thursday, 06 May 2021, 13:50

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"It's all about giving and helping."

Ganor (Photo: Courtesy of the family)

Ido Ganor, a 44-year-old father of three from Herzliya, passed away suddenly last week.

Ganor, who was generally healthy, woke up on Saturday morning and felt severe pain in his head.

Within an hour and a half, he was rushed to the operating table at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva in critical condition.

For long hours the surgeons fought for his life, but the three surgeries he underwent failed.

Four days later the doctors prescribed him a brain death.

Ganor had signed Eddie's card, his wife and parents honored his desire to donate his organs.

"Ido is a big and precious soul, all good. All giving and helping," his mother said.

Organ donations saved five people: at Beilinson Hospital, a 71-year-old man and a 64-year-old kidney were transplanted, at Ichilov, a 73-year-old man was transplanted and a 46-year-old man was transplanted into a liver, and a three-and-a-half-year-old toddler had a liver lobe transplanted at Schneider.

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Doctors prescribed him brain death.

Beilinson Hospital (Photo: Flash 90, Yossi Aloni)

Harel Kochavi, a three-and-a-half-year-old from Ariel, has suffered from a metabolic disease since birth and needed an urgent liver donation. Recently, his parents were informed of the arrival of the long-awaited donation, and a liver lobe was implanted in Harel's body, which gave him his life as a gift.

"Already at the age of three days, Harel underwent dialysis," said his father, Omar. "In the last three years we have been in intensive care 6-5 times and then long hospitalizations, and on regular medication three times a day. Every little virus would have endangered it. We have been through three difficult and stressful years."

The father said that at first they wanted to transplant his liver into his son, but the transplant did not work out because he had a stomach ulcer. He said, "Then we went back to the top of the list. Then Harel fell ill in Corona so we were taken off the list. The phone call for a transplant was with a lot of mixed feelings of sadness and joy. It changed the whole family's life."

"We have not yet been able to reach the donor's family, I know what but it's for them. It hurts us for the grief they are experiencing now, but I would also like to donate organs and sign an Eddie card," Omar concluded.

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Marwan Shumaf, 64, from the Galilee village of Rihaniya, also gained a new life thanks to Ganot.

Schumaff suffered from kidney failure on an unknown background.

What, his wife, told of the joy and relief he experienced.

"The feelings are amazing," she described.

Everything suddenly worked out.

We issued a letter of thanks to the donor family while they were at seven and I have no way to repay them for what they did for us. "

Maha could not donate to her husband because she donated a white kidney herself." My son and I could not help donate to my husband so we waited for this donation.

I recommend everyone to donate organs, it is important and life-saving, "she said.

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