Once again, we need your help.
Well readers, I was at the hospital until about 6 this morning, so I just don’t have a whole lot of good Columbus info to give you today. But I will ask a favor of you ~
Be a blood donor.
Be a tissue donor.
Be an organ donor.
I do have a little info on these:
Blood donors can save up to three lives with a single donation.
Less than 30% of first time blood donors ever give again.
Tissue donors save lives and give science a chance to develop new treatments.
A single organ and tissue donor can save seven lives, help two people see again and help burn victims.
If you want to be an organ and tissue donor, make this decision known to your family. No matter what you have filled out on your driver’s license, it is up to them to make the final decision. If they know ahead of time that donation was your wish, it will make that decision easier for them and they will know they are doing right by you.
A transplant receipient, their friends and family will all be grateful to you and your family for the rest of their lives. And in this way a small part of you or your loved one lives on.
For transplant receipients:
My friend is suffering a gulity concience right now, because someone had to pass away for him to receive a new kidney. This is true, but receipents should know this: if you receive an organ from someone who has gone on, they are still gone. If someone else receives an organ from that person, they are still gone. If perfectly good organs are buried along with that person, they are still gone.
The best way to honor the donor is to take the donation and live a good life with it. By doing that you are fulfilling that person’s final wish.
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Columbus, OH
October 17th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Great post! Blood donors are needed everywhere!
I know in my city, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, there are blood drives going on all the time, so there’s no excuse not to donate. One of the most creative places for a blood drive that I’ve seen is at the Milwaukee County Courthouse - people who are called for jury duty and then ultimately either not chosen for the jury or are told to wait can pass the time by donating blood. What a brilliant idea! I don’t know if other cities do anything like that, but I think its a beautiful idea.