Donation_For_Others

San Antonio Spurs | Ken Rodriguez The famous basketball-playing brother remembers anxiety. The anonymous stock clerk brother remembers awe. In the thunderous, energy-charged Alamodome, Spurs fans were on their feet, chanting, cheering, screaming the name of an Elliott who'd barely made his high school basketball team. That Elliott looked up into a sea of faces and saw a sign, "We love you, Noel!" Then he saw another and another and the sight and the sound overwhelmed him. "Wow," Noel thought as the Dome seemed to detonate around him. "This is crazy. Everybody would donate a kidney to their brother, wouldn't they?" Well, no, not everybody. According to one estimate, 35 percent of potential donors don't donate because family members refuse to give consent. Recovery is painful. There's a risk of complications. Not everyone wants to surrender a major body part. Then there was Noel, the older brother who was working as a stock clerk and gave a k...

Mullins Family.org by: Dwight Davis | The Dispatch After she saved a life, she set out to change the culture. Lexington’s Sherry Mullies gave an organ to a coworker’s son last fall and then took on the colossal challenge of creating the nation’s â€" perhaps the world’s â€" only living-donor kidney registry. The purpose of such an online database would be to track indefinitely the progress and offer support for those who chose to donate an organ. “There is no information out there concerning long-term health information of living donors,” Mullies says. “There’s nothing that tells us about numbers or health risks. What are the risks of donors having high blood pressure, for example?” Mullies, a 51-year-old mother of six, says she believes that data would reinforce many expert opinions that there are indeed no long-term health risks for donors and that concrete information would serve as an encouragement factor for those who may wrestle with the idea of giving ...

Medscape | Barbara B. Ott, PhD, RN, Jamal Al-Khadhuri, MSN, Suad Al-Junaibi, BSN Those who practice the religion of Islam are called Muslims. There are 1.1 billion Muslims in the world and about 10-26% of them are Arab (Bill, 1994). The majority of Muslims worldwide are Asian or African. Islam is one of the world's largest religions and is the fastest growing religion in North America (National Perinatal Association, undated), with 7 million Muslims in the United States (Council on American-Islamic Relations [CAIR], 2002). This article will reflect how knowledge of Islamic cultural practices will influence the health care of children and families. Islamic religious practices can reflect cultural and geographic differences as others do. Religious practices can be quite different between a South American Roman Catholic living in a rural area and an American Roman Catholic living in New York City even though the religious tenants are the same. A Jew living in Israel and a Jew living i...

WANE, Fort Wayne, IN  WABASH, Ind. (WANE) - It was an emotional day in Wabash when the family of an organ donor met the recipient for the first time. "It was nice to finally meet the person she saved. Without her, he probably wouldn't be here today," Justin Mann said. Justin made the difficult decision to donate his mom's organs after Tracy Driscoll suddenly passed away from a brain aneurysm in January. She was only 41 years old. "I thought about it long and hard," Justin said. "She wasn't married and I'm her oldest, so I had to take care of everything. She always wanted to save people's lives. She wanted to be a nurse, so we went ahead and did it." Tracy's kidneys went to two different people. Her liver went to Kirby Cochran. The 44-year-old Franklin man developed liver disease from his Lupus. He had been on the transplant list for 52 days when he got the phone call. "I was happy in one sense and sad in another because someone...

LaCrosse Tribune | Alison Geyer Photo: Onalaska defense lawyer and municipal court judge John Brinckman is getting a new kidney this month, donated by his best friend's wife, Jeanne Anthony Brandt. Brinckman has been waiting 2.5 years for a donor. John Brinckman is used to working 16-hour days and 60-hour workweeks. The Onalaska defense lawyer and municipal court judge once took up to 70 cases at a time, had his own office and his own staff, but now he works just three hours a week on a handful of felonies and traffic cases. “I love my work, and I believe in it,” said the 62-year-old over a sausage, egg and cheese biscuit at Maggie’s Restaurant on Main St. in Onalaska, where the servers know him by name. “I was a workaholic, but I’ve had to cut back.” Brinckman’s kidneys are failing, a condition he attributes to the high stress of his legal profession coupled with hypertension and diabetes. When he first got the news of his diagnosis 2½ years ago, his organs were at ...

WHIZ News | Courtney Wheaton The Genesis Healthplex hosted an event bringing awareness to organ transplants and donations. Lifeline of Ohio is an organization that educates Ohioans about the need for organ and tissue donations. Connie Sivard knows first hand how important getting an organ can be. "I was affected, it was devastating. I lost the love of my life and you have to try to move on from that and it's hard, it's very hard it difficult, but you do so I just poured myself into this so that something good will come out of that, " Sivard said. The campaign is centered around a green chair. The chair represents loss when empty, hope when full, and the memory of the loved ones who once sat in a similar chair. Adam Burkhart sat in the chair,a transplant gave him a second chance. "My wife and I Kaylie just had this little bundle of joy about 6 months ago. Her name is Quinn. Without the life loving decision for someone to be an organ donor I wouldn't be here to...

High Plains Observer AMARILLO, Texas (March 26, 2013) â€" Donate Life Texas, the state team of organ and tissue donation professionals, celebrates April as the 10th annual National Donate Life Month.  Originally a week long observance, it was officially recognized as a month-long event in 2003. The celebration commemorates those who have received or continue to wait for lifesaving transplants and those who have given the ultimate gift through donation. “Increasing the number of registered organ, eye and tissue donors that save lives is an important part of our daily work. April gives us a focused month to honor the lives of those who have given and received and provides a perfect opportunity to renew our commitment to saving lives,” said Schawnte’ Williams Taylor, a local spokesperson for Donate Life Texas. Across the country, more than 117,000 men, women and children wait for a lifesaving transplant and thousands more wait to life-restoring tissue donations. In Texas, more ...

My Take on TV | Cheryl Hollar Every year around this time, Donate Life America organizes a huge “push” in favor of organ and tissue donation. This is a national effort to enlist new organ and tissue donors to save lives. This year is no different. Legacy of Life “Hometown” Campaign And one of the Donate Life America member organizations is especially dedicated in the use of its “hometown” celebrities to educate the public on giving of themselves to help others live. But the “public push” started long before this time of year. Way back in November of last year, Legacy of Life had posters of some of its more famous supporters plastered all over the walls of local DMVs, encouraging people to check that box on their licenses to say, ‘yes, I’m an organ donor.’” A Strong Presence in the World of Organ Donation Legacy of Life has been going strong since 1987, and Nancy Downes, Marketing Director, tells me it “is the only federally designated organization in Hawaiâ€...

Rafu Shimpo Anabel Stenzel and Isabel Stenzel Byrnes at Stanford Hospital and Clinics on July 28, 2009. (Photo by Norbert von der Groeben/Stanford Hospital and Clinics) The award-winning documentary “The Power of Two,” the story of half-Japanese twin sisters Anabel Stenzel and Isabel Stenzel Byrnes, their battle with the fatal genetic disease cystic fibrosis (CF), and their miraculous survival through double lung transplants, premieres on TV and online Wednesday, May 22. The film will air on Link TV satellite network (DIRECTV Channel 375 and DISH Channel 9410) and on KCET (public TV in Southern/Central California) at 8 p.m. It can also be watched online through June 30 at http://bit.ly/pwrtwo. For more information, including other dates/times, go to http://bit.ly/11QpWNF. The identical twins were born in Los Angeles in 1972 to Japanese and German immigrant parents. At three days old, Ana and Isa were diagnosed with CF, a fatal genetic disease that impacts the lungs and pancreas. Th...

The Snap Mom Mary and her husband Tim lost their 29 year old son TJ (Tim Jr.- pictured above) in 2009 due to a softball accident. It was during a game one night, when he and another softball player collided while trying to catch a fly ball. TJ was hit in the head and was unconscious immediately and remained so until he passed away two days later. He had a severe brain injury, having 3 skull fractures. Because of TJ’s decision to donate his organs, 3 people received life-saving organ transplants and his parents began a life-long friendship with one recipient in particular,who received TJ’s heart and who’s name (funny enough) is Tim. What was your initial feeling/reaction about the fact that your son chose organ donation? I clearly remember where we were standing in my kitchen, when my son, TJ, told me that he is an organ donor. I guess I had known that both my daughter Shana and TJ were organ donors, because I had heard them talking about it, but I had never discussed it with them...

San Gabriel Valley Tribune | Hillary Smith Jelani Gardner is on dialysis and needs a fourth kidney. But that hasn't stopped the 38-year-old West Covina resident from coaching the boys' varsity basketball team at La Salle High School in Pasadena. Nor has it stopped his Academy skill-based basketball training program. It hasn't even stopped him from starting a new travel basketball team, which he held tryouts for on May 18 at La Salle. Gardner believes everything will work out in the end. But he realizes he is only human. "God has been good to me," said Gardner who has a wife and three sons. "I've been able to deal with it. This is the second time I've gone through it. It was a dream of mine never to have to go through this again. I went through a trial. But I'm still not out of the woods." Gardner has had kidney problems since he was first diagnosed with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) at the age of 19. The rare disease attacks the k...

Science Codex WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. â€" May 20, 2013 â€" Nearly 20 percent of kidneys that are recovered from deceased donors in the U.S. are refused for transplant due to factors ranging from scarring in small blood vessels of the kidney's filtering units to the organ going too long without blood or oxygen. But, what if instead of being discarded, these organs could be "recycled" to help solve the critical shortage of donor organs? Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and colleagues, reporting in the journal Biomaterials, found that human kidneys discarded for transplant can potentially serve as a natural "scaffolding material" for manufacturing replacement organs in the lab using regenerative medicine techniques. According to the authors, more than 2,600 donor kidneys are discarded each year in the U.S. "With about 100,000 people in the U.S. awaiting kidney transplants, it is devastating when an organ is donated but cannot be used,...

Courant | Alisa Gaudiosi, Alliances by Alisa Media RelationsStatewide There are some things young children should never have to be without, especially their mother.  In 2005, three boys from Simsbury lost their mom, Paige Corrigan, when she was killed in a car accident. The boys will forever have a void in their life, but with the end of Paige's life came the chance of life for several other parents. Paige was a registered organ and tissue donor and upon her death all of her major organs were donated to save other lives. "I really enjoy the fact that a part of her lives on in someone else," said Paige's oldest son, Sean Corrigan. "I think it's really nice that she was able to have such a positive effect on people beyond her own life." At the time of her death Paige was only thirty-five. She lived life fully, says her mother, Kathleen Rhoads. She was an avid skier and golfer and loved rollercoasters. She was also a dedicated math teacher who encouraged he...

The Austin American Statesman | Key Gresham Blab, of Wimberley, places a leaf on the “Tree of Life” mural with the name of her son, Christopher Johannes Blab, an organ donor in 2010, that was honored along with other Central Texas donors by the Texas Organ Sharing Alliance’s dedication of Austin’s first “Tree of Life” during a ceremony held at the University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (Austin American-Statesman / Rodolfo Gonzalez) It was a morning of raw and contradictory emotions Tuesday for the families of some two dozen organ donors at University Medical Center Brackenridge: grief and joy, loss and hope improbably commingling. The occasion was the dedication of Austin’s first â€" and just Texas’ third â€" Tree of Life in a hallway near the hospital’s intensive care unit to recognize donors who have saved lives. What now is a three-panel mural of a tree with the names of donors written on leaves will in a matt...

KCET About the Film A story of twin sisters, two cultures, and two new chances at life. Inspired by their 2007 memoir, The Power Of Two offers an intimate portrayal of the bond between half-Japanese twin sisters Anabel Stenzel and Isabel Stenzel Byrnes, their battle with the fatal genetic disease cystic fibrosis (CF) and miraculous survival through double lung transplants. Defying all odds, Ana and Isa have emerged as authors, athletes and global advocates for organ donation, and their connection to the CF and transplant communities provides rare insight into the struggles -- and overlooked joys -- of chronic illness. The twins' receiving new lungs would have been unlikely in their mother's native country, Japan, where organ donation rates are strikingly low. At the crux of a rising movement to change laws and stigmas, Ana and Isa embark on a tour of Japan to inspire change in the hearts and minds of a culture resistant to transplantation. continue reading ____________________...

Ottawa Citizen | Kathy Egan Fred Rutledge says that not all is rosy in the transplant world. Photograph by: Jean Levac , Ottawa Citizen/Postmedia News OTTAWA â€" They praise her yet, this Rowan Stringer, and shall for a long time. At 17, she gave so much of herself. She gave, in the end, all she had. Fred Rutledge is stretched out in a reclining chair at his home in Alta Vista, 66 years old, quite ill with liver disease, probably 60 pounds lighter than his prosperous peak three or four years ago. When he stands up, he’s so thin, his jeans look as though they might head south at any second. “When I get past looking at the tragedy of her passing, I think ‘what a wondrous gift to save the lives of other people,’” Rutledge said Tuesday. “What better legacy could you have?” Inspired by her selfless nature, Rowan’s family decided to donate most of her organs for transplantation after she suffered a traumatic brain injury while playing high school rugby last week. Continu...

TribLive| Debbie Black Tim and Karen Dotts display a photograph of their late son, Timmy, in a memorial garden honoring him at their home in Indiana. Bruce Siskawicz | The Dispatch Jim Anderson spent his working days operating heavy equipment in the construction industry and serving as a volunteer firefighter in the Brush Valley Fire Department. “It got to the point where it was 50 or 60 days working without a day off,” said Anderson, 61, of Brush Valley. “We worked long hours depending on the weather.” Then his health deteriorated, and he could no longer work. He was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 2008. IPF is a disabling and sometimes fatal disease of unknown cause that scars lung tissue and makes it more difficult for a person to breathe. “I needed oxygen 24/7,” Anderson said. “There is no cure for IPF.” Now, five years into an early retirement due to IPF, Anderson is happy to be alive while recovering from the only treatment available for the di...

American Journal of Transplantation D. Shabtai* Article first published online: 26 APR 2013 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12241 The authors' report of increasing availability of transplantable organs in Israel [1] is noteworthy and encouraging; they attribute this rise to the recently passed Organ Transplantation Law. However, even while achieving such noble goals, this law cannot be rightly justified as predicated upon the notion of reciprocal altruism, as the authors claim it to be. Signing a donor card is not an altruistic action per se, since Israeli law mandates that the actual donation depend upon the consent of the donor's proxy or next of kin and cannot be undertaken without their approval [2]. But even if considered to be altruistic, it should rightly be attributed to the donor. The law however, assigns transplant priority even to first degree relatives of a deceased organ donor. While the original donation was motivated by a sense of altruismâ€"it was the altruism of the dono...

My Fox Twin Cities | Jonathan Choe MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) - Just one day before her kidney transplant surgery was set to take place, doctors determined a teen from halfway around the world is no longer a match with her donor -- but she's staying because of hope. Sarah Zalaznik, 15, flew from Israel to have her surgery in Minnesota because her families believed the doctors in the Twin Cities are among the best in the world. Now that they've seen a setback, however, the family is desperate to find a new donor before time runs out. Zalaznik struggles with a medical condition called focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, also known as FSGS. "Just because I feel good doesn't mean my kidneys are functioning well," she said. In fact, the disease is shutting down her kidneys. That's why she and her mother flew in for a planned, live kidney donor transplant at the University of Minnesota's Amplatz Children's Hospital that was scheduled for Friday.  Continue reading  K...

PR Underground  The 5th Annual Lap4Life run / walk will be held on June 22, 2013 at Chadwick Lake Park in Newburgh, NY. The course is a four mile lap around Newburgh’s scenic Chadwick Lake Park. The run will begin at 9:15am, the four mile walk will begin at 9:20am and the kid’s fun run will begin after the award ceremony. Race director Maddalena Casabianca-Reade created this charity run event in memory of Dr. Angelo Casabianca to help raise money and awareness for Desmoid Tumors and Organ Transplant Research. At the age of 30, her brother was found to have a Desmoid tumor in his abdomen. These rare but aggressive tumors affect one in every 2-4 million people. They can cause destruction to vital structures and organs. Little is known about their cause, treatment and prognosis. Angelo was a loving husband, father, and local physician. Nine years of medical treatment and multiple surgeries with subsequent complications left him with few options. A final attempt to remove ...

WGRZ | Mary Friona BUFFALO, NY - It has been nearly eight years since Lori and Kevin Lozano lost their daughter, Marcena to a heart condition. The pain and sadness are still fresh and they miss Marcena everyday. They are turning that grief and the 25 years of wonderful memories into a way to help others. Marcena Lozano was born with a heart defect. She had surgery at just six months old and her first heart transplant at 13, her second years later. Unfortunately, Marcena died in August of 2005. Her parents, Lori and Kevin grieve their daughter every day, but they are eternally grateful to have had twenty-five wonderful years with her. The memories get them through the pain. Continue reading ______________________________________________________  "You have the power to SAVE lives."  To register as a donor in California:  www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org | www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org  Outside California:  www.organdonor.gov | www.donatelife.net

LifeLine of Ohio | Megan Lynch A family photo of Ian’s father Christopher, Ian, Chrisitan and Megan taken one month before the accident. I remember the first time I saw Ian. He was five years old with curly blonde hair, a mini version of his father. Ian and his dad were passing me in the hallway at our workplace. Ian looked at me with big blue-green eyes and then, in a flash, ran to catch up with his dad. Ian’s dad and I married in 2006 and even with Ian’s asthma, I would learn that running was a constant theme in his life. Eight years later, after a horrific electrical accident while on vacation in Virginia, Ian was pronounced brain dead at the hospital. Ian’s dad told me he wanted to donate Ian’s organs. The strength of mind Ian’s father had in that moment to pass hope on to others in need while his heart was torn to pieces is something I am still in awe of to this day. On July 23, 2010, Ian became an organ and tissue donor. After Ian’s memorial service here in Ohio, h...

Brigham and Women's Hospital Photo: Two healthy hearts â€" Brad and his son, Darby. (Photo by Alexandra Elizabeth Photography) Before he had a life-saving heart transplant in 2007, Brad Biscornet was a warm-hearted, jovial, and active guy. He’s the same way today. Despite being born with congenital heart disease,doctors were able to effectively manage Brad’s condition for many years. However, as his condition continued to decline and complications intensified during his early 30s, it became clear that he would need a heart transplant to save his life. It did that and more. Brad looked at his new gift as not only a way to save his life, but also to restore his life. It even inspired him to take on a role that wasn’t considered realistic before he received a new heart â€" fatherhood. “Brad was so sick that we couldn’t look forward to doing something like that. We really didn’t know what kind of time Brad had left,” explains his wife, Mandra. “To be able to,...

ABC4 Utah News | Noah Bond SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News) - Soccer referee Ricardo Portillo died in the hospital a week after a 17-year-old player allegedly punched him during a match. His daughter Johana Portillo says she is finding comfort in his decision to donates his organs. ABC 4 Utah doesn't know the exact organs taken from Ricardo's body because of HIPPA laws, but he has the potential to save 9 lives. "We know he already saved a lot of lives, that's the only comfort I have right now. He donated all his organs. He helped a lot of people," said Johana. He could have donated his heart, lungs, liver, pancreas, small bowel, kidneys, whole cornea, skin, tendons, bones and veins. All of these parts are desperately needed by people hoping for a second chance at life. Continue reading ______________________________________________________  "You have the power to SAVE lives."  To register as a donor in California:  www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org | www.d...

Reading Eagle | Matthew Nojiri Reading Eagle: Susan L. Angstadt Sandy Maicher and her son, John, of Birdsboro. John, 28, is on the waiting list for four transplants. Those on the list for an organ transplant can only hope a donor is found in time. A new state campaign aims to register more donors. John Maicher can only wait. His friends are getting married, starting families, moving up in the world. He wants those things, but for now they are on hold. When the 28-year-old Birdsboro resident recounts his health struggles, he spends 20 minutes describing his portal hypertension, the hole in his small intestine, the liver transplant of 2006, the medically induced coma of 2011, blood infections. The list goes on. "Needing a new organ, it kind of stops everything," he said. "It stops life. For a good seven-plus years, it's like the world has moved on. I've been stuck in the same place." Maicher is not waiting on one transplant. He needs four. This week, the state...

News Sentinel | Jennifer L Boen Photo: In a 2009 visit to figure skater Michelle Kwan's rink in Los Angeles, Leah Smith, left, got some coaching help from Kwan. Smith is awaiting her second heart transplant. Kwan has sent recent texts to Smith, wishing her well. (Courtesy photo) Leah Smith has had to give up skating, but hopes to return to the ice after surgery Columnist's preface: I first met heart transplant recipient Leah Smith in 1999. She was 7 and on her way from Fort Wayne to Washington, D.C., to meet with Congress and then-President Bill Clinton as part of a delegation chosen by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons to raise awareness on the shortage of organ donations. Born without the lower left chamber of her heart, Leah received a heart transplant when she was 11 days old. Wise beyond her years, she told me the Texas parents of a baby named Jimmy donated his heart after he died in an accident. “We're sad for his family,” she said, “but if they hadn...

MyFOXPhoenix | By Kristy Siefkin As Amy Donahue tweets, tags and blogs the work day away, a little Wonder Woman figurine stands close by. Amy is what you might call a social media "Wonder Woman," using her virtual networking powers for good. Two years ago, Amy agreed to donate her kidney to a total stranger, after seeing a post on Twitter. "I'm like, I'll do it. I'll donate my kidney..what do I have to do," she said. Amy went into surgery just a few months later. The long-time comedian says she was surprised to learn how straight forward the surgery was and how quickly she recovered. "I was hiking a month after the surgery. I went for a hike and people just don't get that it's that easy it's that simple," she said. Amy donated her kidney to a woman she calls "Tiny Mom," who had been battling kidney failure for over 10 years. The transplant saved Tiny Mom's life and created an impenetrable bond between the women and...

Jeff Probst Show Todd and Tara faced the unthinkable when they lost their 13-year-old daughter in a horrible accident. They knew that Taylor would want to be an organ donor, so Todd and Tara arranged to donate a number of Taylor's organs. In this powerful segment from today's show, Jeff meets Patricia, the recipient of Taylor's heart, and Patricia, Todd and Tara share their touching story. Todd and Tara share their extraordinary journey of organ donation in their new book, 'Taylor's Gift: A Courageous Story of Giving Life and Renewing Hope,' which you can purchase here . They also started a foundation, Taylor's Gift, where you can register to be an organ donor in about 90 seconds. For more information, check out taylorsgift.org . ______________________________________________________ "You have the power to SAVE lives." To register as a donor in California: www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org | www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org Outside California: www.organdonor....

Waukee Patch The 6th annual C.A.R.E. 5K and 10K Run and Walk for Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation Awareness is on Saturday. From My Angel Foundation: Dedicated Participants Brave Cold and Rain to Raise Awareness for Organ Donation WHO : Walkers and runners who support organ, eye and tissue donation, including: organ transplant recipients; family and friends of donors; registered organ donors; others. WHAT : 6th Annual C.A.R.E. 5K and 10K Run and Walk for Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation Awareness. C.A.R.E. stands for Compassion for Awareness, Remembrance and Education. WHERE : Centennial Park â€" 1255 Warrior Lane, Waukee WHEN : Saturday, May 4, 2013 Registration and sign-in 6:30 a.m.- 8 a.m. Opening remarks and National Anthem 8 a.m. Beginning of Run/Walk 8:30 a.m. WHY : More than 605 Iowans and nearly 118,000 men, women and children nationally are waiting for life-saving organ transplants. On averag...

Kansas City Star | Timothy Finn Now in its seventh year, Merle Jam has evolved into a fundraiser, an awareness campaign for the Midwest Transplant Network, a gathering of organ recipients and donor families, and a two-day music festival stocked with big-time entertainment. "We raise money for heart patients because I was a heart recipient, but we also raise awareness of the transplant network and increase registration of potential donors, and all that helps everyone,” said Merle Zuel, who in 2007 launched Merle Jam at Knuckleheads. It was the year he received a donor heart. The event became a two-night event in 2008, one devoted to country music, the other to the blues. This year’s headliners are Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison on Friday, which is country night, and Delbert McClinton on Saturday, blues night. Bands will perform on the main stage and in the Living Room, the cozy lounge behind the main stage. Willis and Robison are a wife-and-husband team; he’s from Texas, sheâ...

April of 2011 my little girl Tabitha at the young age of 12 went to the DMV to get a state ID so she could open a checking acc . at this time she had never been sick a day in her life other than a common cold . as she was getting her ID thay ask her the same questions as if she were getting an drivers liscen and asked her if she would like to be a organ doner she said yes . she over heard the man in the booth next to her say no. on the way home she ask her mon why do you think that man said no to becomeing a doner ? One week to the day Tabitha went in to a coma from a rare brain bleed . With in days thay told us there was nothing thay could do for Tabitha and she had pass away . thay ask us if we would like to donate her organs . but Tabitha had alrady answered that for us because Tabitha had never been sick or her body had no trauma she was able to donate all of her organs and go on to save 7 lives and help many others with her gift of life . this past year has been the tuffest year o...