Loss and life intertwine in the green bracelet Joey Gase wears on his right wrist. Given to him at his mother's funeral, he's not taken it off. Saturday marks 10 years since she died of a brain aneurysm. "You're always waiting for the doctor to tell you, 'Hey, it's going to be OK. It might be a process, but we can fix this. She's going to be all right,'" Gase told NBC Sports. Instead, amid the shock and grief that Mary Gase's life could not be saved, an 18-year-old Joey Gase and his family were asked if they would consent to her being an organ and tissue donor. They didn't know what she would have wanted. The topic had never been discussed. "No one wants to think about death, so people don't talk about (organ donation)," said Gase, who is in his second Cup season with Rick Ware Racing. The family knew that she had wanted to be a blood donor but did not meet minimum weight requirements. Gase said that the family thought about how she was a "very loving and caring person. … If she couldn't continue her life, she would want to help others continue theirs." With… Read full this story
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