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12/30/2015

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After holiday thoughts...
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Christmas surely flew by this year...barely a blink and we are heading full speed ahead towards 2016...

With the season of charity and kindness alive in our minds, I thought I'd propose a slight variation on traditional gift giving.  This is a gift that lasts way longer ...

After reading this post, I am hopeful that you will have a better understanding of what the Gift of Life is and that you will consider signing up for organ and tissue donor registry.

When It's Your Time to Go

As a nurse, I have probably seen more death and heartache than I care to admit. With patients, we mourn as if we are family. With students, we feel everything our nurses feel, from all walks of the profession. With family, it aches as if we have forgotten everything we ever learned in school.

I believe my Mother, who was the greatest teacher of all, ultimately helped me realize that life could indeed come after death. Nine months after her death, we were blessed with a beautiful grand niece. Mom always stressed the hope after death and a gratitude for a life well lived, no matter how long in chronological years. She had a famous expression that went as follows: "When it's your time to go, it's your time to go".​

Give the gift of life

There is an urgent need for organ and tissue donation in the United States today.

Did you know that 17 of 100 people could die today due to a lack of available donated organs?

Did you also know that just one donor could perhaps save 8 people and enrich the lives of another 50 with tissue donation? 

Doesn't it make sense to learn as much as possible about the Gift of Life program? There is a website detailing much valuable information at giftdonor.org

Should you wish to donate organs or tissue after death, it is imperative to clearly communicate your intentions to your loved ones. Ultimately, it is your family who will have the final consent at your time of death, when emotions can run high. These conversations become even more important for your family, who may not be able to think clearly in their grief. Signing your driver's license in the proper section will also indicate your desire to be an organ donor.

Your medical condition will determine the organs and tissues that could be donated at the time of death.

Donation would take place only after every effort had been made to save your life, as per your wishes, and death had been legally declared.

Examples of transplanted organs are the heart, liver, lungs, pancreas, kidneys and small intestines. Examples of tissues include heart valves, eyes, corneas, bones, skin, ligaments, blood vessels and tendons.

I believe seeing those examples is much more meaningful than the word organ or tissue. You can help someone breathe again with your lungs, You can help someone see again with your eyes. You can help someone walk and run again with your ligaments, bones and blood vessels. It is utterly staggering that we can be exponential heroes after our death, in helping others to live a better quality of life.

Through experience and further reading, I have learned that only the Gypsies and the Shinto traditions directly oppose organ and tissue donation. Even the Jehovah Witness folks would not be opposed, as long as all blood is removed from the organ or tissue before being transplanted.

Most religions do not have an issue with this. Many even fully support it as an ultimate act of neighborly love and charity. Yet only one-third of the available organ donors' families will actually give the Gift of Life!

Share your thoughts and this post (if you are inclined) with those you love. Please consider being an organ donor ~ thank you.
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Until next year, take good care of yourself... mar
26 Comments
Shauna
12/30/2015 10:10:37 am

Mar, I made the decision years ago to become an organ donor. Just below my signature on my D/L, the words Organ Donor appear in bold red letters. If I have any body parts that can help someone carry on in life, they're welcome to them when I no longer need them.

Excellent post, my friend!

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Maria link
12/31/2015 08:05:08 am

Dear Sha,
I have the same wording on my DL ~ such an easy way to make our wishes known.
Thanks for sharing and Happy 2016.
Love,
Maria

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Vicki
12/30/2015 10:34:02 am

Dear Maria,
Very inspirational information, and timely reminder too, as organ donors are often needed over the holidays, sad to say.
I can't imagine too many folks would disagree about the need to become an organ donor.
Love and hugs, Vicki

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Maria link
12/31/2015 08:07:00 am

Thanks, dear Vicki ~ I thought the time was right as well for this awareness raising.
Happy, peaceful New Year's to you and family. Love, mar

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Mike
12/30/2015 11:03:08 am

Donating organs is a great idea. I of course have worn all my organs completely out. Many of them have old tire patches holding them together. Funny, yet not.

You offer here a beautiful concept, and I hope some will heed your words.

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Maria link
12/31/2015 08:10:02 am

A little mockingbirdie told me there was plenty of tred left on your organs, funny Mike.

Wishing you and those organs a happy, healthy 2016...😉

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Nellieanna link
12/30/2015 12:33:36 pm

Very inspiring, Mar. Much to consider. Thank you for sharing. Hugs.

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Maria link
12/31/2015 08:12:18 am

Lovely to see you, dear Nellieanna.

May 2016 be a peaceful, healthy and safe year for you.

Hugs backatcha, Maria

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Peg Cole link
12/30/2015 04:30:56 pm

Sobering advice here and well needed when we are all about to embark on planning our New Year's resolutions. Sounds like a good idea to think about organ donation registration as part of the list. Thanks for the reminder and the link. Love.

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Maria link
12/31/2015 08:15:32 am

Dear Peg,

Although I make fewer resolutions as the years fly by, organ donation was a decision that I've never regretted.

You, your family and community remain in my heart and thoughts.

Love you, mar

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Martie link
12/30/2015 04:48:59 pm

Dear Mar, thanks for reminding me to get the paperwork done for organ donation. I'm sure those mechanics will find something usable in all of us.

Enjoy the last day of 2015. May 2016 meet al your expectations :)

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Maria link
12/31/2015 08:23:45 am

Dear Martie,

I agree ~ I suspect we all have some gifts to share, as we no longer have use for them.

Wishing you a new year filled with love and peace. Love you, my SA Sista, mar

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Sunshine
12/30/2015 09:01:00 pm

A great reminder on another way we live on after we pass. MedCure is an option. They were so respective of Dave's remains and kept me updated along the process. My organs and tissue will also be gifted to them.

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Maria link
12/31/2015 08:26:30 am

Thanks for sharing your experience with MedCure with us ~ sounds like a beautiful organization.

Happy, peaceful 2016 to you, dear Sunshine.

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Gail Sobotkin
12/30/2015 10:40:30 pm

Dear Maria,
Thanks for posting this informative article. I think the way you stated the need for organ donations and the gifts they provide to the living who are desperately in need of organ donations was very effective. Will share on FB.
Love,
Gail

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Maria link
12/31/2015 09:28:35 am

Dear Gail,

Thanks for this valuable feedback~ and for stopping by during these busy days.

Wishing you and Fred a happy new year and safe travels.

Love and hugs,
Maria

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Verlie Burroughs
12/30/2015 11:58:51 pm

Good work Maria, that one person's tragedy can turn into another's life-saving moment is truly humbling to consider.

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Maria link
12/31/2015 09:30:47 am

'Humbling' is the perfect word in this astute comment, dear Verlie.

Always on my mind and Happy 2016.

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Ruby Fuller link
12/31/2015 12:01:29 pm

I am not an organ donor, but your message encourages me to consider. I saw a news clip where one donor enriched five lives. I am now subscribed to receive your articles. Happy New Year dear Mar. Hugs.
Ruby

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Maria link
1/6/2016 02:40:00 pm

Welcome back after changing your email address, dear Ruby.

I'm grateful you are considering organ donation.

Love and hugs, mar

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Sannel link
12/31/2015 05:11:31 pm

Dear Maria,
Very inspiring and informative post. I hope it will lead to many more needed donors. I feel very content with my own decision to be an organ donor. It's the least I can do for having had the blessing to live a life at all.
An hour away from the New Year and I resolve to stop wasting my resolutions on myself and use them to repay you for the warmth you’ve shown me. Dear Maria, wishing you a Happy New Year with the hope that you will have many blessings in the year to come.
My love and hugs,
Sannel

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Maria link
1/6/2016 02:43:12 pm

Happy, healthy and peaceful 2016 to you, dear Sannel.
Not at all surprised that you're an organ donor.
Love and hugs back, Maria

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www.vinayaspeaks.xyz link
1/1/2016 06:20:40 pm

I was about 20 years when I wanted to donate my eyes. I don't know the reasons, however, I was discouraged.
many years passed by however, the thought of donating organ did not come to me again. This article is an eye opener.
I wish you a great year ahead.

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Maria link
1/6/2016 03:06:04 pm

Dear Vinaya,
How wonderful if you would consider being an organ donor.
Hoping all is well for you in 2016 and thanks for visiting.

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Cynthia Sageleaf link
6/20/2017 09:08:26 pm

I've put my organ donor wishes on the little health app on my phone - it signs you up for the national registry. But, I hadn't communicated that to my family - thank you for that tip.
And it also made me think of something else we all need to do is try to make sure wills and living wills are in place - I grew up helping my mom as our house was a nursing home and I saw the importance of that. And well, I do still need to do that for myself. :)

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Maria link
6/22/2017 05:50:07 am

The phone app sounds great, dear Cynthia. Glad you'll also be communicating your wishes to your loved ones.

Yes, also a practical idea to get your will and living will developed.

Thanks for stopping by this post. Love and peace, Maria

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