“No.

I didn’t.”

He didn’t ask me to explain.

The hospital had connected us with a bereavement coordinator, and a donation organization had provided written information about what could and couldn’t be shared.

I read the packet until the words lost their meaning.

Some donor families received later updates about organs transplanted, subject to rules and privacy protections.

Contact between families could happen, but only through appropriate channels and with consent.

No one was entitled to another family’s medical details.