ORGAN TRANSPLANT, ORGAN DONORS

ORGAN TRANSPLANT, ORGAN DONORS
By Steve Potts January 11, 2000
This is something that I have been thinking about for quite a long time at least since September of 1999. That is when I first learned that I would be one of those souls that would be placed on the national organ transplant list. Prior to this I had always felt that organ donation was a good and right thing to do. I had never signed the organ donation card or had my license changed to denote that it would be my wish to donate any or all of my organs for the welfare of others.
I was unaware that thousands of people die each and every year because there are just not enough vital organs donated. In 1998 alone the number of people that died for lack of transplantation organs was 4,855. They did not die because of the lack of skilled surgeons or because there was a lack of medical expertise. They died because they simply ran out of time. Time is a killer in the transplant game of life another killer is apathy and procrastination . There is nothing that can be done about time but there is something that can be done about the other two which are so prevalent in our society
When I look at the number of deaths that were caused by procrastination and apathy, 4,855 in 1998, it sickens me. I look at myself in the same view because like many of you I had been apathetic and put off signing up for the organ donor program. But then everything came to the forefront when I contracted a chronic terminal lung disease and had to go one the lung transplant list myself. It sort of puts thing in perspective when the shoe is on the other foot. Just think about it, 4,855 people dead, that amount of people is enough to fill a small town. Every year a small town disappears from our nation forever, it leaves without a trace and most people don’t know it is happening. It is not because people don’t care what happens to their fellow man it is because a simple action is put off and left in the background. “When I get a round to it i will sing the organ donor card and talk with my family about my decision”. Don’t wait do it today! Tell your friends and family about giving the gift of life. It is an important decision and not something to be taken lightly.
Most people in life want to help people and do thrive when they accomplish that very thing. It just makes you feel good when you know that you have made a real and lasting difference in someone’s life. For many people true happiness is very often found after selflessly giving. Most people in death have everything taken away from them but through the gift of life, organ donation, a person can give the ultimate gift and leave this world knowing that they have made a difference in someone’s life. They will have the assurance that they have saved lives even in death. To me that is what real peace an accomplishment are all about.
On December 25, 1999 The UNOS national patient waiting list for organ transplant included the following:
Type of Transplant Patients Waiting for Transplant
Kidney transplant 43,995 Liver transplant 14,517
Pancreas transplant 685 Pancreas islet cell transplant 182
Kidney-pancreas transplant 1,244 Intestine transplant 114
Heart transplant 4,135 Heart-lung transplant 233
Lung transplant 3,584
Total *Total Patients: 67,077
Type of Transplant and Number
Kidney-Pancreas transplants 973 Kidney transplants 12,166
Pancreas transplants 248 Liver transplants 4,487
Heart transplants 2,345 Heart-lung transplants 47
Lung transplants 862 Intestine transplants 69
Total Transplants 21,197
Total removed from waiting list due to death 1998
Total 4,855
~ Organ Donation: Get the Facts ~
Every 16 minutes a new name is added to the National organ transplant waiting list
Twelve people die everyday in the USA while waiting for an organ transplant that never comes.
Over 65,000 names are on an organ transplant waiting list. The list continues to grow rapidly, while the number of donors does not.
Signing a donor card DOES NOT guarantee that your wishes will be carried out! Your family must know and agree to organ donation.
Organ transplantation is NOT an experimental new science. Success rates are as high as 95+%. It is the standard method of treatment for many diseases. Organ transplants have been done since the 1950’s!!!!
Most of the world’s major religions SUPPORT organ donation! Ask your religious advisor about it.
All organ donations done in this country goes through local organ procurement organizations (OPO’s) and is strictly regulated. No one can “buy” or “sell” organs (it is illegal) or obtain “VIP” privileges on a waiting list.
Organ donation costs the donor family nothing. It is a GIFT.
Donated organs are removed surgically, in a routine operation and normal funeral arrangements (including open casket) can be made.
Donors can range in age from newborn to senior citizens.
You may specify which organs you want donated. Your wishes will be carried out.
The medical team treating the potential donor is separate from the transplant team. The OPO is not notified until ALL lifesaving efforts have failed and death has been determined. The OPO does not notify the transplant team until family consent has been given.
Information about the donor is released by the OPO to the recipients ONLY if the donor family requests that it be provided.
It is possible to transplant 25 different organs and tissues, including bone and cartilage, bone marrow, corneas, hearts, heart-lungs, kidneys, pancreas, intestine, liver, and lung.
Donors are people in good health who have died suddenly; possibly through accidents, strokes, etc., and have been declared • brain dead. In this condition, brain function has permanently (and irreversibly) ceased. The heart and lungs continue to function with the support of mechanical ventilation.
Although 75-85% of the US believes in and • supports organ donation, less than half of all potential organs are ever donated. This is due to many factors including misconceptions about organ donation and the fact that the donor did not discuss donation with their family beforehand.

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