's dream becomes nightmare after organ donation

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http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/04/08/1207420351253.html?

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Koehne had a love for life, and always wanted to help people. So

when his parents were told that their 15-year-old son was dying of

bacterial meningitis, the couple didn't hesitate in donating his

organs to desperately ill transplant recipients.

" I immediately said, 'Let's do it', " Jim Koehne recalled. " We both

thought it was a great idea. This is who was. "

A year later, their dream that 's spirit might somehow live on

has become a nightmare.

It turned out that did not die of bacterial meningitis, but

rather a rare form of lymphoma that wasn't found until his autopsy,

and apparently spread to the organ recipients. The Long Island couple

was told that two of the recipients have died, and two others had the

donor kidneys removed and are getting cancer treatment.