- Every 13 minutes, a new person is added to the national waiting list.
- An average of 18 people die each day while waiting.
- More than 4,800 people died waiting for an organ transplant in 2005.
- In 2005, more than 242 people registered for transplants died while waiting.
- One donor can save or enhance the lives of mor
- e than 25 people.
Are you an organ donor? Have you told your family?
1 comment:
Hi - I'm weeks overdue to comment here to say how sorry I am that you were declined as a donor (although it's nice to hear that your spleen is normal, that you're [ ] a pleasant guy, and that your ... um, other parts are "down and okay.")
For anyone reading this, I share the fierce hope that more poeple will understand the benefits of making a firm decision to being an organ donor upon death. THANK YOU for the statistics, which say so much!
I'm continuing to hope and pray you find a donor soon. And thanks for giftofhope.org link -- didn't know about that one yet!
Becky
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