Country singer Granger Smith and his wife Amber tragically lost their three-year-old son, River, last month when the toddler accidentally drowned. The couple has been open with their fans throughout their pain, sharing stories of their son sharing special moments they had with him before his death. Now Amber Smith is revealing that her son was able to save the lives of two others thanks to organ donation.

In a heartwrenching post on Instagram, the grieving mother revealed that while she always knew she wanted to be an organ donor herself, making that decision for her son was something completely different. After doctors told her that River had a 0% chance of brain recovery, the couple decided to donate any organs that could be harvested. "I thought, how can we bury our sweet baby and not try to help others? His body is perfect, his organs are perfect, we had to do something. There are so many people waiting for an organ to save their lives," she wrote.

Smith wrote that doctors said "donation was quite a process." in her post. "We would have to search for viable recipients and it could take days. We knew River’s spirit was in Heaven, but we couldn’t bear to watch his tiny, earthly body be pumped full of all the medicines for 3 or more days while they searched. They tried to expedite the process so our family could be in peace, told us they would take him back to operate the next morning, but we wouldn’t know what organs could be used until after."

Smith went on to write that after spending the night with her son, she and Granger were there as River was pushed down the hospital corridor lined with hospital staff for the "walk of honor."

"We told them River liked to go fast, so to honor him, they pushed him down that hall faster than they had ever pushed anyone," she wrote, explaining that she and Granger followed the gurney, holding each other and crying.

It was then that she wrote that her family received a letter telling her River's organs saved two lives, one of a 49-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man. "I cried when we opened it. Cried out of sadness & cried out of love," she wrote. "I pray these 2 recipients live healthy, joy filled, full throttle lives just like Riv. It was one of the hardest, yet easiest, decisions we’ve ever made."

The family has been open and honest about how their profound loss is affecting them, sharing photos of River on social media and stories of how his short life impacted all those around him.

Smith concluded her touching post by writing about the importance of organ donation adding, "there are over 113,000 people waiting for transplants & 20 people die each day waiting. Go to OrganDonor.gov to see how you can help give life as well."

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