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Originally Posted by JesseQuinn
@Pheer, you are a very strong man. delighted you're in the land of the living. I like the way you live your life, as in conduct in this world. a liver is not the same as a kidney. someone lost their life and through that you could live. heavy stuff. whomever signed their organ donor card is honoured by you
even if you're an epic cunt who pretends you lost your hat  |
Jesus... send me your address, I'll send you an official Army watch cap for Christmas
I don't know anything about the donor. They literally do not tell you anything other than the risk factors and cause of death, and then you decide if you want to accept the organ or not. There were no significant risk factors and cause of death was only stated as brain death. This was the second liver offered to me and I was out of time. I accepted the first liver 6 days earlier, but when it arrived they said it was not viable for transplant and cancelled the surgery. Was pretty devastated and sure I was dying at that point, but had accepted it.
Even though they tell you nothing about the donor, I did write a very nice letter of appreciation and sent it to UNOS, who tells me they will forward it to the donor's family. I'm extremely grateful and have a newfound respect for organ donors.