Hanna Treter recalls vividly the question asked by the clerk at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles – “Do you want to be an organ donor?”
The teen, anxious to become a licensed driver, turned around and looked at her dad, asking “What do I do?” “I never understood the importance of it,” said Hanna, who is now 19. “When my dad suggested I register to be a donor, I didn’t think much about it.”
In just the few years since the day at the BMV, the Woodville teen has become an avid advocate for organ donation. It’s a passion born of heartache.
She hit rock bottom, she said, after two good friends passed away when she was in high school. Last year, her cousin’s 5-year-old son died while waiting for a heart transplant.
Little Harrison Mack, a sweet, gentle and loving little boy who loved to paint, color, play video games and play with his three brothers stole the heart of Hanna and everyone he met.
Born with a heart disorder, he was placed on the transplant list and was scheduled for ventricle surgery when he developed a strep infection.
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{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
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