Dad was trying to get information from Eversight about if anyone received your eyes or corneas from the organ donation (related to Gift of Life but separate organization since not a vital organ). He ended up stopping by the facility and they had some information on your case.
Unfortunately, they were not able to use your eyes to give anyone the gift of sight.There was an infection in them from some debris that got in them from the accident and they weren't properly cleaned out like they should have been to prevent infection. I guess their main goal was preserving the life-giving organs. Also, the way the rest of your body was, the white blood cells weren't there to help like they should be or there were too many of them (science was never my strong suit-you know how that is-remember Honors Science freshman year?)
Anyway, your eyes were able to be used for research. It probably would have been weird to see your eyes in another person. It's different with the other organs because someone can tell you that they have your heart, for example, but you're not going to see it. Of course, I would have loved for someone to be able to see who couldn't before, but that's just not the way things turned out.
As for the research part of things, Eversight goes back to the hospital and tells them their findings, like maybe telling them to clean other people's eyes out better so they can be used by someone else. I'm not mad at anyone about it though. In the words of Forrest Gump which was just on the other day, "That's all I have to say about that."
Side note: I just had another thought about this as I was telling Jill this story. If your eyes couldn't be used for someone else, maybe they wouldn't have been ok even for you to use if you lived through the accident. Maybe more would have been done to save them, but their main priority was your vital organs at the time. How horrible would that be if you lost your sight? Wow-I can't believe that didn't occur to me until now. Praise God's Holy Name!
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