tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353845.post3576250144672206543..comments2023-06-07T04:18:27.788-04:00Comments on Collective Contemplations: Organ DonationKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18434200154377829826noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353845.post-4643603229057058362007-10-13T19:22:00.000-04:002007-10-13T19:22:00.000-04:00Shame on the doctors for making the daughter feel ...Shame on the doctors for making the daughter feel like it was her decision. While the next of kin do help guide decisions, it is vital to remind them that they are not making the decision...they are only carrying out what the deceased had already decided.Shazam!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05211918820715350529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353845.post-8305626328675360472007-10-13T17:05:00.000-04:002007-10-13T17:05:00.000-04:00I have stated clearly in my will, that upon my dea...I have stated clearly in my will, that upon my death, a portion of my assets will be used to obtain a pipe-organ for a local church. <BR/><BR/>Oh...not THAT kind of organ donation.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, there is no question among my family. We talk openly about it and have written it up in our legal papers.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861482393432330011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353845.post-34038920194661216762007-10-13T02:59:00.000-04:002007-10-13T02:59:00.000-04:00I think organ donation is one of those things that...I think organ donation is one of those things that is hard to talk about because it makes mortality so real. There's also no guarantee that the people you leave behind will be in the right frame of mind to grant consentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353845.post-48567823382671799582007-10-12T00:05:00.000-04:002007-10-12T00:05:00.000-04:00Jay wanted to donate everything, and I was willing...Jay wanted to donate everything, and I was willing, but when it came time, the doctors said no. Even though his brain cancer doesn't metastasize (sp?), he'd had so much chemotherapy, and had been more than a week into massive organ failure, and there wasn't anything useful left. Not even skin. His body had died long before he did.<BR/><BR/>There's a brain cancer brain bank in Washington DC, ~~Silkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122262422346224632noreply@blogger.com