A young boy from Minnesota spent his 10th and last birthday giving the gift of life after he suffered a fatal head injury.
Third-grader Ridge Scolley just turned ten and even though he was hospitalized because of severe head injury, he still made his day special by donating his organs.
His aunt, Stacey Morris, set up a GoFundMe page and wrote: “(His family has) made the decision based on knowing that Ridge would want to help others by donating his organs.
“Ridge will be turning 10 tomorrow, March 10th and since he cannot receive gifts, he will be giving the gift of life to one or more through organ donation.”
Morris also wrote that the boy’s family accompanied him on a ‘Hero Walk’ and accompanied him to the operating room where they bid their last goodbyes.
“They found the strength to stay up all night to spend every last moment with their son,” Morris wrote on the page.
The 10-year-old boy suffered a brain injury while playing basketball with his family.
“Ridge was doing what he loved most, playing basketball with his cousins he so admired and friends when he lost his balance and hit the back of his head,” his GoFundMe page explained.
He was taken to Sanford Medical Center in North Dakota where medics said he wouldn’t be able to recover from his severe brain injuries.
“Ridge had such a compassionate heart and loved life and we know he would want to remind all of us to be kind to others, do things in your life to make a difference and don’t ever have any regrets,” Morris added.
Ridge’s uncle, Matt Morris, said: “We are going to miss him, and to be able to do this on his birthday is incredible.
“He loved to hug people. All his friends, his teachers, his family, he would give them a side hug and love on everybody.”
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