Mid-South organ donor's gift could save hundreds of lives
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A Mid-South family helped potentially save hundreds of lives all because of one conversation.(KAIT) - Every day across the country, lives are changed by someone's simple decision to donate their tissue and organs.
A Mid-South family helped potentially save hundreds of lives all because of one conversation.
"We fell in love and were married in 2003," said Rachel Marler. "Bob was very giving. He was always happy."
Bob and Rachel Marler welcomed a daughter named Riley first to the family, and then a son named Clint. Bob worked in farming, and Rachel worked to help the underprivileged and disabled find financial assistance.
But life on the fast track for this Poplar Bluff family came to a stop.
Bob, who liked to hunt, was accidentally shot in the back of the neck by a friend while duck hunting on New Year's Eve last year.
He was airlifted to a Cape Girardeau hospital.
"He got up and left and went that morning. About 9 o'clock and I got the news that there had been an accident. We went to actually another town, down from Poplar Bluff â€" Dexter, Missouri," said Rachel. "It's just kind of like a bad dream when something happens. Just kind of going through the motions."
Rachel was 31 years old when the accident happened.
"With two babies and just thinking, my husband won't be there to see them grow up and see all the milestones that you want," she said.
Through all the memories and the rush of emotion, Rachel remembered a conversation where Bob talked about organ donation.
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A Mid-South family helped potentially save hundreds of lives all because of one conversation.
"We fell in love and were married in 2003," said Rachel Marler. "Bob was very giving. He was always happy."
Bob and Rachel Marler welcomed a daughter named Riley first to the family, and then a son named Clint. Bob worked in farming, and Rachel worked to help the underprivileged and disabled find financial assistance.
But life on the fast track for this Poplar Bluff family came to a stop.
Bob, who liked to hunt, was accidentally shot in the back of the neck by a friend while duck hunting on New Year's Eve last year.
He was airlifted to a Cape Girardeau hospital.
"He got up and left and went that morning. About 9 o'clock and I got the news that there had been an accident. We went to actually another town, down from Poplar Bluff â€" Dexter, Missouri," said Rachel. "It's just kind of like a bad dream when something happens. Just kind of going through the motions."
Rachel was 31 years old when the accident happened.
"With two babies and just thinking, my husband won't be there to see them grow up and see all the milestones that you want," she said.
Through all the memories and the rush of emotion, Rachel remembered a conversation where Bob talked about organ donation.
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"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
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