RICHMOND, Ky. ( FOX 56 ) — A Kentucky family is looking for answers after a man was declared brain dead and being prepared to have his organs harvested while he was still alive.
Donna Rhorer said her brother is a shell of the person he used to be.
“TJ was an outdoorsman. He liked to be in the woods and he says his favorite thing was to watch the deer. He loved camping, hiking, all things outdoor, and everything,” said Rhorer. “His life’s been stripped away from him.”
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Her brother, 36-year-old Anthony Thomas “TJ” Hoover II, had his life change forever.
On Oct. 25, 2021, he was admitted to Baptist Health Richmond’s Emergency Room . He was experiencing cardiac arrest and was deemed code blue, meaning he was in critical condition and needed immediate medical attention.
“We were told TJ had no reflexes, no responses, no brainwaves, no brain activity. And we were told that on the 26, 27, 28, 29, and the 27. We made the decision as a family to remove him from life support because, you know, he was brain dead.”