In Memory of Ryan Arnold – Liver Donor
Normally YouTube Funny Video Clips focuses on videos that reflect the title – funny video clips that are featured on YouTube. Today, however, we are breaking away from that. We have for you an inspirational story of ultimate sacrifice and it’s a news video, not a YouTube video. However, we felt so strongly about sharing this story that we are briefly breaking away from the norm. This story is about 34 year old Ryan Arnold, a healthy husband and father of three living in Colorado. Ryan’s brother, Chad, was in need of an emergency liver transplant. Ryan was a match and didn’t hesitate to agree to do the transplant. He wanted Chad to be able to live a normal healthy life. Ryan new there were some risks, but the procedure is generally very safe. And that’s especially true since a news crew was documenting the story.
Sadly, after Ryan donated part of his liver to save his brother, he unexpectedly died a few days later, apparently from complications associated with the transplant (Editor’s Note – Aug 18: See Comment from Sarah in Comments section for clarification). In the end, he gave his life to save his brother. For that, we acknowledge him as a hero and our prayers go out to the family. If you’d like to make a donation to the fund set up in his name (for his children’s education and to build a well in Africa), you can visit http://www.ryanarnold.org
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Just so you know, I am Chad’s sister in law, and Ryan is from South Dakota. Also, his death was due to cardiac arrest and his brain went too long without oxygen. Not necessarily related to the transplant itself.