Fired after donating kidney

[Will E Worm]

Fired after donating kindney

The Long Island mother who was fired after she donated her kidney to save her boss’ life demanded that the woman return the organ yesterday.

“You hate me so much, and I’m so despicable — give me my kidney back!” wailed Debbie Stevens, 47.

Her employer at Atlantic Automotive Group, Jackie Brucia, 61, thanked Stevens for the gift yesterday — and then “wished her the best.”

“I will always be grateful that she gave me a kidney,” Brucia told 1010 WINS-AM radio. “I have nothing bad to say about her. I will always be grateful to her — she did a wonderful thing for me.”

For Stevens to get her organ back wouldn’t be easy — and would involve at least four surgeries.

Stevens donated her kidney to the national pool because she and Brucia weren’t a perfect match. That gave Brucia a better shot at getting a speedy transplant.

Stevens’ kidney actually was transplanted into a patient in St. Louis, and Brucia’s came from San Francisco.

The scorned Stevens also insisted yesterday that the only reason Brucia rehired her in the first place is because she was a “Plan B” — in case another organ donor fell through, she said.

“She used her power to manipulate me,” Stevens claimed.

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Kidney back, large cash settlement, or both?

 

[gunslingingbird]

$$$

 

[PirateKing]

Don't donate your kidney so easily next time. There are only a handful of people I would ever donate a kidney to, I doubt any of them are a match though.

 

[BlueBalls]

She got what she deserved.

 

[Will E Worm]

Don't donate any organ to anyone.

She got what she deserved.

:nono:

 

[vodkazvictim]

Kill them both.
Let God sort it out.

 

[vodkazvictim]

Kill them both.
Let God sort it out.

 

[DR. B]

interesting. I've worked in dialysis for 19 years and have never heard someone say they wanted their kidney back.

 

[Mayhem]

Do what I do. Abuse yourself to a level that no one in their right mind would want any of your organs. That'll learn 'em.