Organ Donation
In the United States, ninety percent of Americans are eligible of being organ donors, but only, fifty-two percent are registered.(Donate Life) The United States is in need of organ donors and people like you can help close the gap between how many people are registered and how many people are eligible.
One organ donor can save up to eight people’s lives alone, while being a tissue donor can save many more. 123,000 plus men, women, and children, in the U.S., are in need of life-saving organ transplants(Donate Life), while 13,000 people in Texas are on the waiting list(Donate Life Texas). By becoming a donor you are capable of saving people 's lives so that they may be able to live longer with their family and friends. Seeing …show more content…
I have experienced organ donation firsthand, because my brother died training to be a Navy Seal and just as he was an Eagle Scout, and their motto was, “Do a Good Turn Daily”, he gave of himself freely by becoming an organ donor. The day after my brother died he saved about four lives, including a double lung transplant to a former Vietnam hospital corpsman, and he enhanced up to forty others since then through bone and tissue donations. We found peace in my brother’s death because he became an organ donor and selflessly gave of himself. My brother’s story has affected many people through his selfless act, and has inspired them to become organ donors so that they may help others once they die. The family members of the recipients and organ donors are also affected because they see firsthand what one person can do to help save someone’s life and to be able to live with their loved ones longer, while the organ donor family learns that their loved one lives on in others and was able to make someone smile again.
Some of you may say, “I’m too young, I’m too old, or I have diabetes, they won’t want me.” Well, you are wrong. You do not have to be a certain age, you can have diabetes or not, it all comes down to the surgeon and doctor as to whether or not they will use your organs. In some cases, being diabetic, can help with transplant recipients who are diabetic to create a safer and longer lasting transplant, so there is no rejection after the surgery. In any situation the doctor or surgeon will use anybody’s organ or tissue to save someone’s life no matter what
In the United States, ninety percent of Americans are eligible of being organ donors, but only, fifty-two percent are registered.(Donate Life) The United States is in need of organ donors and people like you can help close the gap between how many people are registered and how many people are eligible.
One organ donor can save up to eight people’s lives alone, while being a tissue donor can save many more. 123,000 plus men, women, and children, in the U.S., are in need of life-saving organ transplants(Donate Life), while 13,000 people in Texas are on the waiting list(Donate Life Texas). By becoming a donor you are capable of saving people 's lives so that they may be able to live longer with their family and friends. Seeing …show more content…
I have experienced organ donation firsthand, because my brother died training to be a Navy Seal and just as he was an Eagle Scout, and their motto was, “Do a Good Turn Daily”, he gave of himself freely by becoming an organ donor. The day after my brother died he saved about four lives, including a double lung transplant to a former Vietnam hospital corpsman, and he enhanced up to forty others since then through bone and tissue donations. We found peace in my brother’s death because he became an organ donor and selflessly gave of himself. My brother’s story has affected many people through his selfless act, and has inspired them to become organ donors so that they may help others once they die. The family members of the recipients and organ donors are also affected because they see firsthand what one person can do to help save someone’s life and to be able to live with their loved ones longer, while the organ donor family learns that their loved one lives on in others and was able to make someone smile again.
Some of you may say, “I’m too young, I’m too old, or I have diabetes, they won’t want me.” Well, you are wrong. You do not have to be a certain age, you can have diabetes or not, it all comes down to the surgeon and doctor as to whether or not they will use your organs. In some cases, being diabetic, can help with transplant recipients who are diabetic to create a safer and longer lasting transplant, so there is no rejection after the surgery. In any situation the doctor or surgeon will use anybody’s organ or tissue to save someone’s life no matter what