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Article Source: The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionAs Garry Phebus sees it, he's going to suffer a lot and then die within the next few years, so why not donate his organs -- heart, lungs, liver -- now, while he's alive.
An idea that is appalling and unfathomable to some makes perfect sense to Phebus and his family.
His vision is doubled and blurred. A machine helps him breath while he's sleeps. And He is unable to walk more than a short distance.
“I know I’m terminal,” Garry Phebus told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Monday. "I can’t walk down the street. I can’t even put a stupid nut on a bolt. All I want to do is stay in my room. I can’t handle things.
“I have a blindfold on and they’ve marched me up the wall and I’m waiting for ‘ready, aim, fire,’” he said.
Garry Phebus, who lives in tiny town of White in eastern Cherokee County, has convinced his four adult children his decision is right, but no doctors are willing to help him, Phebus said. He also called several European countries in hopes of finding a way to donate his organs while he is still alive, his wife said.
#1 - Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:41 PM EDTOkay, but what if it's really not ALS? This man was told he had ALS too, but is now off his death bed and on his way home:
http://www.mercurynews.com/columns/ci_15633546?nclick_check=1
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