Are you sure you want to be an organ donor?

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I am an organ donor. The only thing I don’t want is my skin going on penile implants or lip implants for vanity.WhiteDove thank-you for presenting some facts from a medical stand point.
 
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Lilyofthevalley:
I am an organ donor. The only thing I don’t want is my skin going on penile implants or lip implants for vanity.WhiteDove thank-you for presenting some facts from a medical stand point.
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I agree! And, even if I do end up feeling some pain in the process, isn’t it worth it to save several lives?
 
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Lorarose:
Jim G.

How have the standards been “relaxed”?
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Lararose, this isn’t directed to you as much as it just regarding the question regarding when someone is declared dead. There is another CA thread on this subject …see post #22. This is the kind of thing that concerns me and gives me second thoughts.
 
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Lorarose:
My daughter’s heart was harvested.
Her brain waves were flat, she had no reflexes, and her organs were beginning to shut down.
She was declared officially “dead” when 3 doctors concurred with their diagnosis of brain death and it was declared the moment they signed the certificate.
The cause of her death was not listed as removal of vital organs.

We had the advise of priests and a very devout catholic cardiologist - as well as a team of other excellent doctors.

The cardiologist (who is a catholic) regularly harvests hearts for transplants and he says he has never seen anything to make him think these patients are not dead.
Brain death is a non-subjective diagnosis.
Certain criteria have to be met - and 2 or 3 doctors must agree.
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I am so sorry for the loss of your daughter. And I thank you for the courage in your time of terrible grief to think of others. I will be at the mercy of someone someday in a similar situation. I will need a heart if I am to see my daughter grow up. There are no words of thanks that can even begin to express the gratitude of being given that chance. God Bless You!
 
I hadn’t checked this thread in awhile…thank you all for your kind words.
My daughter’s heart was donated on valentine’s day.
If we had not followed this path…the doctors still would have had the legal right to remove her from the ventilator. She had been declared legally dead.
We made sure we fully understood what the requirements were to make this diagnosis - and we made the doctors proved their case to us.

So for anyone who is uneasy about this…who isn’t sure - I suggest you find out what the requirements are in your state.
Brain death is a non-subjective diagnosis. The conditions are either met, or they are not.
If anyone finds themselves in this situation where they have to make a decision for a loved one, don’t allow yourselves to be railroaded. Take the time to understand the diagnosis, and force the doctors to prove to you they are correct.

Rayne…I am so sorry to learn of your condition.
You will be in my prayers.
God is in charge of these matters.
Even though we were on the “losing” end of the transplant process…we could still see His plan.
It is an odd situation…to wait for an organ knowing someone must die in order to receive one. But God brings good out of terrible situations. He knows who will be coming home to Him, and He has not forgotten you.
 
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