Jessica Hernandez clutched a rose as she looked at the just-unveiled photo of her nephew on University Medical Center’s Donor Wall.
Her nephew, Daniel Perez, was one of 18 organ/tissue donors honored during a memorial Friday afternoon.
Hernandez said it feels good to know other people were able to continue living and enjoying the company of their families because of the gift Perez gave.
“Tomorrow it could be me who needs an organ,” Hernandez said.
April is National Donate Life Month and Friday’s event, sponsored by UMC and donor awareness organization LifeGift, was a way to recognize those who chose to let their death bring life to someone else.
“They are the lifesavers, life changers, life givers,” said Schawnte Williams-Taylor, LifeGift spokeswoman.
The small room outside UMC’s surgical intensive care unit was filled with people and quickly filled with the sounds of muffled crying when Dudley Owens began talking about his son, Keaton.
Read more: http://lubbockonline.com/health/2012-04-27/families-organ-donors-recipients-gather-memorial#.T5yy2hB5mK0
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