Do you have that little donor sticker on your Driver's License?
2006-09-05 21:27:02 · 26 answers · asked by Trinity 4 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Heck yeah! Long Live my Organs and the Recipients!!
2006-09-05 22:07:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Years ago my husband and I were discussing organ donation. My decision came with the thought that if my child needed an organ to live, then I hope someone would be willing to donate.
Even though people are kept on a ventilator to keep their organs viable, Stringent test, including brainwave activities are done so that no organ is harvested from someone not yet dead.
Organs are checked carefully for any disease process that would make them unhealthy for the receiver.
Organ harvesting is done so as not to disfigure the body so the viewing of the body is no different than that of a non donor.
2006-09-06 11:28:56 · answer #2 · answered by mamasheilag 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here in Australia you dont get a sticker on your license you have to send off a form through our health system and you get a donor card - I have given permission to donate any or my organs and have also more importantly discussed this with my relatives and made sure they were all aware of my decision.
2006-09-06 04:35:55 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Kazz♥ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1-for those that havent already done so, tell your family to donate!
2-make your statement legal; carry a letter from a notary in your wallet, leave a copy with your lawyer/solicitor and make sure everbody knows your wishes!
3-talk about it openly with people; encourage them to donate--i can understand how awful it would feel to ask for a donation from a child's passing, but if we talk openly now, it might make it easier for someone else.
4-do all of the above with the greatest love--it will make the hardest decisions easiest.
5-while you're at it--tell them to scrap the funeral...cremate the rest--use some funds to donate to the Salvation Army-feed the poor.
6-when I'm gone, and they've harvested what is needed, i will be cremated and sit on the dining room table. I want to see everything that goes on and finally not miss a damn thing.
2006-09-06 04:48:30 · answer #4 · answered by masterwitchphd 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I would. I have a signature on the back of my drivers license, which lets you state which organs you want to donate. Also dated and a witness has to sign also. A very good friend of mine's brother, had a heart transplant last year. He would have died, if he did not recive this. So if I could donate and give someone a chance to live longer, then I would do it.
2006-09-06 04:40:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Aboslutely! What an amazing and heroic gift!! I lost my sister because she had a lung disease and couldn't get a transplant in time. I also have a friend was was lucky enough to receive a new heart in time to save his life so I've seen it from both angles. It's heartbreaking to see someone who needs this gift and have to suffer while waiting. I work in a hospital and was part of the lab team who was recovering someone's organs for transplant. He was an accident victim. Afterwards I talked to one of the nurses who witnessed the surgery and she said that it was like snatching victory from the jaws of defeat! I thought that was so profound.
Anyway, yes, I'm a registered donor and have told my family. In Illinois, if you're a registered donor your family can't reverse that decision...hopefully they wouldn't want to disregard your last wishes anyway, but it just recently became a law.
2006-09-06 05:00:28 · answer #6 · answered by Some Guy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes....With the long list of patients waiting for organs....we need more people to donate their organs........if any part of my body can prolong someone's life and give them happy years with their loved ones...please oh please...take anything that can be useful
2006-09-06 05:10:33 · answer #7 · answered by ♦cat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yepper and in Australia, the donor registration card is kept with my credentials in my wallet but there's no 'sticker on [my]...License'.
2006-09-06 04:39:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No one really knows if they will donate their organs after they die. You can sign up to be a donor, but the final decision lies with your next of kin, like it or not.
2006-09-06 04:33:51 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes
2006-09-06 04:30:35 · answer #10 · answered by D@ 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋