Organ / tissue donation "it's the right thing to do"

Kennebeck Journal

When my 16-year-old son, Jonathan, received his driver's license on Jan. 17, 2007, he decided to become an organ/tissue donor. "Just the right thing to do," he said. That statement became my reality when he died less than a month later, on Feb. 13.

Organ/tissue donation is an amazing gift. There is no age limit to becoming a donor, nor is perfect health a requirement. Our ability to donate is determined by the circumstance.

Most religions consider organ/tissue donation an individual choice and encourage it as an act of human kindness.

According to New England Organ Bank, about 110,000 men, women and children are on transplant waiting lists. Another name is added every 12 minutes. More than 6,500 Americans die each year awaiting transplantation.

According to New England Organ Bank, about 110,000 men, women and children are on transplant waiting lists. Another name is added every 12 minutes. More than 6,500 Americans die each year awaiting transplantation.
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{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}