Health scare prompts B.C. member of Parliament to review key goals
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — A British Columbia Conservative member of Parliament says the memory of his stricken wife’s face as a medical crisis nearly killed him is his motivation for a heartfelt message to his colleagues, constituents and all Canadians.
Todd Doherty, the MP for Cariboo-Prince George, says in a Facebook post he needed emergency surgery to remove his gallbladder after becoming ill in Prince George on Jan 20.
He says he stopped breathing during the surgery and over the next two days his lungs filled with fluid and his major organs began shutting down.
Through all that, despite the drugs and the chaos, he says he remembers his son pleading to be allowed to donate a kidney or lung to help his dad pull through.