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Hi All!
I just have to share my experiance today.
This month has been designated as National Bone, Tissue and Organ donor Month. Let me tell you about my family's connection with organ/bone/tissues donation.
3 years ago, my son had a large tumor in his pelvis. When they removed the tumor, the empty space needed to be filled with donor bone. He has since recovered and outside of him not being able to swim in college anymore, his is ok.
This past November, my father passed away. He was a "fix-it" kind of guy, always willing to help someone, always willing to fix sometime. Upon his death, we were asked if we desired to make any donations from my fathers body. My mother replied, ( in my fathers fix-it sprit), "If it can help anyone, go ahead", (add a Latvian accent to that!).
My father died because of a calcified aortic valve, oddly the same valve I had replaced. I figured, what could they possibly take from an 84 year old man, whose heart failed, organs shut down?
They took skin tissue and ...... bone! My father, in a round about way paid back his grandsons' bone transplant! Odd how God works!
Today in my state capitol building in Madison WI, we had a human display of the power of organ donation. One person was in the middle on the capitols' rotunda and 50 individuals spread out with silk ribbons to the edges. This is how many people a donation can effect.
Please talk to your families and make your intention known. Heaven knows that we need your organs here on earth. Remember that organ donation extends YOUR life!
My God bless all of you!
carbo
I just have to share my experiance today.
This month has been designated as National Bone, Tissue and Organ donor Month. Let me tell you about my family's connection with organ/bone/tissues donation.
3 years ago, my son had a large tumor in his pelvis. When they removed the tumor, the empty space needed to be filled with donor bone. He has since recovered and outside of him not being able to swim in college anymore, his is ok.
This past November, my father passed away. He was a "fix-it" kind of guy, always willing to help someone, always willing to fix sometime. Upon his death, we were asked if we desired to make any donations from my fathers body. My mother replied, ( in my fathers fix-it sprit), "If it can help anyone, go ahead", (add a Latvian accent to that!).
My father died because of a calcified aortic valve, oddly the same valve I had replaced. I figured, what could they possibly take from an 84 year old man, whose heart failed, organs shut down?
They took skin tissue and ...... bone! My father, in a round about way paid back his grandsons' bone transplant! Odd how God works!
Today in my state capitol building in Madison WI, we had a human display of the power of organ donation. One person was in the middle on the capitols' rotunda and 50 individuals spread out with silk ribbons to the edges. This is how many people a donation can effect.
Please talk to your families and make your intention known. Heaven knows that we need your organs here on earth. Remember that organ donation extends YOUR life!
My God bless all of you!
carbo
