Organ Donation Factoids
Dec. 3rd, 2004 04:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mysidI know I kind of gave the whole "my daughter will need a liver transplant someday" short-shrift the other day. I guess it's because I'm trying not to borrow trouble before it comes. The doctor says it could be several years away, and I don't want to worry until that day comes.
So far, she feels like "a regular kid who goes to the hospital once in a while"--I don't want her to feel like she's "a sick kid." Part of that means keeping the rest of our lives as normal as possible. And for me, as normal as possible includes the escapism of fanfiction.
However, I know that many of you are concerned and wish you could be of help. What can you do? Two things. As I told you before, donating blood is an easy way to save lives, and donations would be especially welcome during the holiday season. More drunk driving accidents = greater demand for blood. Very busy lives = less people donate. You do the math.
Next, sign an organ donor card AND tell your family that you wish to be a donor. If every potential donor really did donate their organs, so many lives could be saved or enriched. Here are a few factoids from The Living Bank.
--Every 13 minutes a name is added to the National Transplant Waiting List.
--More than 85,000 people currently await transplants.
--In 2003, 6,103 patients died waiting for organs.
Where can you get an organ donor card? Check the back of your driver's license. There may be a box you can check. And/or go to http://www/livingbank.org to join their computerized registry. I've been a member since I was a teenager.
So far, she feels like "a regular kid who goes to the hospital once in a while"--I don't want her to feel like she's "a sick kid." Part of that means keeping the rest of our lives as normal as possible. And for me, as normal as possible includes the escapism of fanfiction.
However, I know that many of you are concerned and wish you could be of help. What can you do? Two things. As I told you before, donating blood is an easy way to save lives, and donations would be especially welcome during the holiday season. More drunk driving accidents = greater demand for blood. Very busy lives = less people donate. You do the math.
Next, sign an organ donor card AND tell your family that you wish to be a donor. If every potential donor really did donate their organs, so many lives could be saved or enriched. Here are a few factoids from The Living Bank.
--Every 13 minutes a name is added to the National Transplant Waiting List.
--More than 85,000 people currently await transplants.
--In 2003, 6,103 patients died waiting for organs.
Where can you get an organ donor card? Check the back of your driver's license. There may be a box you can check. And/or go to http://www/livingbank.org to join their computerized registry. I've been a member since I was a teenager.
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Date: 2004-12-03 09:52 pm (UTC)Very best wishes for your daughter. My failing thyroid gland isn't anything compared to her troubles, but I'd like to think I have an inkling of an idea how you both must feel. *Big hugs*
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