Kentucky Man Declared Brain Dead Wakes Up During Organ Harvesting Operation

TJ Hoover, video screenshot

A Kentucky man, Anthony Thomas “TJ” Hoover II, suffered a cardiac arrest after a drug overdose in 2021. Doctors told his relatives that he lacked any reflexes or brain activity, and they ultimately decided to remove him from life support and he was declared brain-dead. He opened his eyes and began to thrash and cry as surgeons were in the middle of harvesting his organs for donation. The doctors sent him back to his room to be with his family. People reported, “Hoover is still alive and being cared for by his sister as he has difficulty with walking, talking, and memory.”

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A Kentucky man who was declared brain-dead woke up as surgeons were in the middle of harvesting his organs.

The Guardian reported that Anthony Thomas “TJ” Hoover II was taken to the Baptist Health Hospital in Richmond, Kentucky, in 2021 due to suffering from cardiac arrest.

Family members were later told by doctors Hoover “lacked any reflexes or brain activity” and was later taken off life support.

Hoover, who was a registered organ donor, was then taken to have his organs evaluated to see which organs were eligible for donation

As the evaluation process began, Hoover’s eyes opened up, and he started to look at his loved ones in the room.

Family members were told by doctors, “It was just reflexes – just a normal thing.”

Baptist and the Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates reported that an hour later, Hoover’s body was taken into surgery to have his organs removed, but surgeons stopped the process after Hoover started to “thrash” and “cry visibly.”

The doctors then came out and told Hoover’s family he “wasn’t ready” and instructed family members to take him back home and make him “comfortable.”

People reported, “Hoover is still alive and being cared for by his sister as he has difficulty with walking, talking, and memory.”

Per the Guardian:

A man who had gone into cardiac arrest and been declared brain dead woke up as surgeons in his home state of Kentucky were in the middle of harvesting his organs for donation, his family has told media outlets.

As reported Thursday by both National Public Radio and the Kentucky news station WKYT, the case of Anthony Thomas “TJ” Hoover II is under investigation by state and federal government officials. Officials within the US’s organ-procurement system insist there are safeguards in place to prevent such episodes, though his family told the outlets their experience highlights a need for at least some reform.

Hoover’s sister, Donna Rhorer, recounted how Hoover was taken to Baptist health hospital in Richmond, Kentucky, in October 2021 because of a drug overdose. Doctors soon told Rhorer and her relatives that Hoover lacked any reflexes or brain activity, and they ultimately decided to remove him from life support, as WKYT noted.

The staff at Baptist then reportedly told Rhorer and her family that Hoover had given permission for his organs to be donated in the event of his death. To honor his wishes, the hospital tested which of his organs would be viable for donation, and the facility even had a ceremony honoring him.

Rhorer said she noticed Hoover’s eyes open up and seemingly track his loved one’s movements, according to WKYT. “We were told it was just reflexes – just a normal thing,” she said to the outlet.

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Ragnar D.
Ragnar D.
1 month ago

Organ donation is a really shady industry, both worldwide and in the U.S. This industry’s leadership had tinkered with the definition of “brain death” in order to make it easier to steal people’s organs and tissues even when they have a significant chance of recovering from their injuries. For some great information about this, read “The Brain Death Fallacy” by Dr. Heidi Klessig (or watch one of her videos online).

MJRaichyk, PhD
MJRaichyk, PhD
1 month ago

This KY story fits with the explanation in the clip..

Are you an Organ Donor? You will want to watch this!! or…. then again, maybe not
(https://x.com/Syl_Stormrider/status/1847323183336083880?t=j6oQN9VFj5g5GoyF1kLsTg&s=03)
TTYL

Tom Ball
Tom Ball
1 month ago

https://www.wrmea.org/from-our-archives/israeli-organ-trafficking-and-theft-from-moldova-to-palestine.html The fact is, however, that Israeli organ harvesting—sometimes with Israeli governmental funding and the participation of high Israeli officials, prominent Israeli physicians, and Israeli ministries—has been documented for many years. Among the victims have been Palestinians. While Scheper-Hughes emphasizes that traffickers and procurers come from numerous nations and ethnicities, including Americans and Arabs, she is unflinchingly honest in speaking about the Israeli connection: “Israel is at the top,” she states. “It has tentacles reaching out worldwide.”6 In a lecture last year sponsored by New York’s PBS 13 Forum, Scheper-Hughes explained that Israeli organ traffickers, “had and still have a… Read more »

Jimbo
Jimbo
1 month ago

The movie “Coma” with Michael Douglas, is still in the back of my mind