Turning tragedy into compassion, McAlester, Oklahoma

Arlene Enis |The McAlester News

McALESTER — Editor:

I would like to encourage everyone to read the Oklahoma DONATE LIFE insert in Thursday’s newspaper. The stories are so touching, and it contains information about the Eye, Organ, and Tissue Donor program. The Lifeshare organization was kind enough to send me copies earlier since my loved one was one of the donors chosen to be pictured.

I cannot say enough good things about the people in the Lifeshare program, especially Mr. Brian Jackson. They are the most caring and compassionate people.
If you are sadly faced with being a “Donor Family” please make your family available to everything they have to offer. I will never be able to thank them enough for the help they have been to me.

My cousin just recently lost a twin teenage daughter in a auto accident, here in Oklahoma. Since they chose donation there were six people, some babies, that received vital transplants. The tragedy they were enduring would only have been worsened by the loss of these others if they had not received transplants in time to possibly save their lives.

After reading this insert Thursday, if you are one of the approximately 20 percent that have not registered to be a donor, please consider becoming one.