HOUSTON — A 3-year-old boy who died on July 5 after a drowning accident is saving lives by donating his organs.

4 folks, together with two kids and two adults, have been in a position to obtain 3-year-old Mars Bedell’s organs final week.

When somebody is taken from the intensive care unit to donate their organs, household, associates and hospital workers line up for an “honor stroll” to pay tribute.

Mars’ honor stroll was on July 7 at HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake. 

“Something that needed to do with being a superhero, he liked,” mentioned Mars’ mom,. “He liked to decorate up as a superhero each day. He all the time needed to exit in his superhero gear.”

A lot of these within the honor stroll wore capes and masks to provide him a particular sendoff.

“The one method that I might fathom to honor him to make him a superhero is to permit life to be given,” his mom mentioned.

“He was in a position to stay on by others,” mentioned LifeGift Exterior Relations Vice President Lauren Quinn. “He helped save 4 folks’s lives. He was in a position to donate his coronary heart, his livers and each of his kidneys went to 2 separate sufferers.”

“Right now, we take the time to honor Mars Bedell. On this second, we admire Mars’ and his household’s selfless resolution to save lots of others by the reward of organ donation. Within the depths of grief, hope has been born. Every particular person has a novel story to inform, one that can absolutely not be forgotten. And Mars has a candy story. He was a candy boy, the sweetest boy you ever met, and he was liked by anybody who met him. He liked sports activities, Batman, Spiderman and most significantly, cash. Could the influence that Mars leaves behind be a relentless reminder of affection and hope. It’s due to Mars and his household we’re gathered right here at the moment and in a position to provide hope and life to others. A easy thank you’ll by no means be sufficient. If we will take a second on this time collectively, in silence, to honor the lifetime of this little superhero,” hospital workers mentioned at Mars’ honor stroll.