Harold O'Malley



Harold O'Malley was father of George O'Malley and two other sons, Jerry and Ronny. The O'Malley patriarch was a truck driver with a passion for vintage cars. He died at Seattle Grace Hospital due to multi-system organ failure.

History
In addition to taking his sons turkey hunting every Thanksgiving, Harold also took the boys on frequent camping trips during their childhood.

His diagnosis was esophaheal cancer which had spread to his stomach, in addition to a leaking aortic valve, was a huge blow to the O'Malley clan. Harold underwent surgery to replace his aortic valve, and later underwent a second surgery to determine the extent of the cancer. Prior to the second surgery, he asked Dr. Webber and Dr. Bailey to remove the tumour regardless of the risk in order to give him a chance to fight the cancer. The surgery proved to be too much for his body, and after several days, he went into multi-system organ failure, which prompted the family to take him off of life support.

Notes and Trivia

 * Harold was a Catholic
 * In Season 2 when he went turkey hunting, he was shot in the rear.
 * He accidentally ran over George's dog when George was young, but only told George many years later and shortly before he died.
 * He died at the age of sixty-three.
 * George claimed that if he could have, he would have saved his father by giving him his heart.