You can keep the house...but I want my kidney back....

@uicbear (1900)
United States
January 13, 2009 5:14pm CST
Have you guys heard about this? Husband and wife, married, 3 children. Wife goes into kidney failure. Husband is a match and donates kidney to wife. Fast forward to present, couple is getting divorced. Husband is suing for his kidney back or 1.5 million dollars! He even had a press conference on all this a little while back. He says she cheated on him after the transplant, and I think I remember hearing him say she was making it difficult for him to see thier kids. I don't even know where to start with all this, but I guess one track her lawyer has started on was the kidney was a gift and therefore does not have to be returned. What do you all think? You think he is just wanting 15 minutes of fame? Does he think that this would win him sympathy by going to the press? I'm personally at a loss.
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@CRIVAS (1815)
• Canada
14 Jan 09
This is silly. This guy can't really expect that his ex is going to give the kidney back or pay him what he wants. You can't do that. I think that he is being childish and silly, if his wife cheated on him, I am sure that she would have done it regardless of wether or not she had his kidney or someone elses. I just cant believe some people. Why would you even want to start something so stupid. I hope that the court laughs at this guy, can you really be that petty?
@uicbear (1900)
• United States
15 Jan 09
Stupid and petty, yep I think that about sums it up.
@vikeyshuy (284)
• China
14 Jan 09
i don't think his wife is a good person.it is her husband who saved her life.she should try to be better to him.maybe someone would say that love is blind and love is no right or wrong,but as a people,we must always take recompensation in mind.
@uicbear (1900)
• United States
14 Jan 09
Things are never as simple as they seem. I think what I find oddest about this whole situation is the husbands desire to make this so public. I agree that to give someone an organ donation is a truly heroic thing, but all this nonsense about putting a price on it kind of negates any of that.
• India
14 Jan 09
I think BOTH of them have been rather mean to each other. Donating an organ is not an easy decision for a person to take. The husband here had taken this decision out of his love and hope that the family would stay together and the mother is indispensable to their happiness. Now I don’t know what happened between them but now he asks for it knowing fully well that it would be impossible to reverse the operation and that the lady would probably die without the kidney. So what caused this change of mind…it cannot be one person’s fault all the way. They both have been mean to each other and now maybe the husband wants something back in return for his generosity.
• United States
16 Jan 09
i think this guy is crazy and a total jerk!! he is pretty much saying DIE since what are the chances that some how if he does get to evict his kidney from her that she would find a match really fast?? and of course the 15 minutes of fame doesnt hurt.. although i wouldnt want the 15 minutes of fame as being a jerk!
@jessi0887 (2788)
• United States
14 Jan 09
THis is the most stupid thing i ever heard of. If he took the kidney back she would die and he would get the house. So is he just trying to keep the house and leave her with nothing. I think this is a case he won't win. And if he does that only means that we have a crappy law system that won't stand up against that. I think it does qualify as a gift and there should be some kind of agreement when he signs paperwork saying he is not going to get it back or so.
@j47lee (740)
• Canada
15 Jan 09
He just wants attention... when you donate your kidney to your wife.. its a gift.. so you cannot take it back.... life has these crazy people around..
13 Jan 09
He says..... has anyone confirmed she cheated on him? I mean if she did thats a little below the belt so to speak, but I don't think you can really take an organ back from anyone. To give the gift of life is the greatest thing someone can do, and what he should really hold on to is that is, and his is a beautidul soul for doing this. I feel that he is only bastardising this amazing this he has done, and therefore in effect has spoilt it for himself. We all try to do good and sometimes it is thrown back in our faces, I try my best when this happens, to say their loss I'm obvoiusly better off without them if they cannot see what I have done. I truely beleive that if she has done what he says then there will be something that shows her this and brings somesort of sufferance upon her. other than that I have no idea either
@Barb42 (4214)
• United States
14 Jan 09
I think it's kind of crazy to want a 'used kidney' back. Seriously, I don't think he has a chance. My husband said he had to sign a paper before giving her the kidney that it was forever. So I suppose it was a free gift and he can't get it back. He's crazy trying to do it anyway. I think it's more of a power play. But she should not make it hard for him to see his kids.
@syankee525 (6261)
• United States
13 Jan 09
he's a jerk. i would make it hard for him too seeing the kids. once you give a kidney you can't get it back. what a jackass
@Sheepie (3112)
• United States
14 Jan 09
Well, I understand that she took advantage of him and everything, but I don't know if they would rip open a person like that. Shouldn't he be more concerned about the kids? Well, it's an interesting story, but at least now this lady is going to have a piece of her ex no matter where she goes!
• China
14 Jan 09
What I do not understand is why they divorced.Why the men said his wife had cheated him?Maybe only the couple and the God know about it.
@bamrahkirti (1821)
• India
14 Jan 09
It is really very disgusting on the part of husband to ask for his kidney back because he should understand that firstly she is a human being then his wife and if he has divorced her ,it does not mean she is no longer a human.For the sake of humanity he should not make it an issue