Something I'd Like To Share

[Guest guest]

Hi everybody,

My best friend since the age of 3, Stacey, her mother-n-law passed

away Thursday morning. She was at a birthday party last Saturday

when she collapsed. She had a brain aneurism, and never came out of

it. Stacey's husband, his brothers and sisters decided to find out

if their mother could be an organ donor because when I was in the

hospital being so sick before my transplant, their mother wished

there was something she could have done for me. She wanted to donate

part of her liver to me. Stacey and her husband told the doctors how

a liver transplant saved my life, and wondered if their mother could

be a donor. They called the transplant team over and they said it

would be doable. I'm not sure how old she was, but she had to at

least be in her 60's. I don't know what the cut off age is for

donations. They said she could donate her heart, liver, lungs, and

kidneys. Well, her heart stopped beating before the transplant team

was ready for her, and she had a no resucitation order, so they were

unable to use her organs, but they will be able to use her skin

tissue for skin grafts.

When Stacey told me about this, I just cried because she passed away

so suddenly, and also because I was touched that they wanted to

donate her organs and told the doctors my story, and I remember when

I was in the hospital how she wanted to help me.

I just wanted to share that with all of you.

Take care.

Penny