Give it Up: Organ Donation Saves Lives

Tulsa World | Mike Jones

Oklahoma suffered a terrible drought last summer and fall. Trees and plants wilted, grass turned yellow and refused to grow. Then, at the beginning of 2012, rain returned. All that flora we thought was done for returned to life.

That's all it takes. Some nourishment and maybe a little luck to return life. We see around us every day the metaphors of life.

As April rolled around again this year, we are reminded of the life rain brings. April also is the one month of the year that we are reminded of organ donation. Officially it is known as National Donate Life Month.

As sure as rain nourishes the plants, trees and grass (and humans, too) organ donations return many of our neighbors to life.

I've written about organ donation and tissue donation for years now. Every year I check the statistics from Life Share Transplant Services of Oklahoma. Each year, I hope for significant change. Each year, the statistics remain basically the same.

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