Life. How can we give it?
1. Birth a child. Personally, I'm done with that one.
2. Give blood. Many do. Many don't. Some can't. Some won't.
3. Become an organ donor.
Far and away, #3 is the most painless. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's pain-free! Here are some staggering facts*:
- There are over 100,000 people in need of an organ transplant in the U.S. alone.
- There were fewer than 10,000 deceased organ donors in the U.S. last year. (That's a ratio of 1 organ donor to every 10 transplant patients.)
- In the time it takes you to shower today, one new name is added to the U.S. transplant waiting list.
- From the time you woke up this morning, until you wake up tomorrow morning, 18 people will die waiting for a needed organ.
It's an unfortunate fact that the holidays are a time when many will lose their lives in accidents. Please consider signing up for organ donation and make your wishes known to your family. And urge them to do the same.
* The above facts provided by http://www.cfhusband.blogspot.com/. Nate's wife Tricia is alive because she received her new lungs in 2008 from a donor.
2 comments:
Though I can't give blood, my hubby does so every month. We are also on the organ donor list. One other list we are on is the bone marrow donor list. Although neither of us has been a perfect match, yet, we hope that day will come. It's a way to give life to someone that you will also get to know!
http://www.marrow.org/
-d
Definitely ... thanks for sharing that!
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