LETTER: Become an organ donor

Daily Freeman 

Dear Editor:

On June 3, my husband, Rev. Dr. Mark A. Frickey, passed away from a hereditary liver disease.

Mark was in the excellent care of the NYU Liver Transplant Team in New York City. When he passed, he was awaiting a liver transplant that would have cured his disease.

The next liver available was supposed to be for Mark, pending a match for his blood and liver types. He had been waiting for nearly three weeks, and was on the top of the transplant list, yet Mark’s organs slowly began to fail and his body became too weak to survive a liver transplant. Sadly, donor livers were simply not available during the month of May. Every other month at least 30 donor livers became available, yet during May, only seven were available to transplant patients.

Mark was 44 years old when he passed away.

Throughout his life, Mark supported many charitable and altruistic organizations. Mark volunteered his time and money to help others. Yet if supporting others involved something physical, such as picking up a hammer to help build with Habitat for Humanity, registering for a 5K to raise money for someone in need, or even biking for a local cause, he was the first one to sign up.

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"You have the power to SAVE lives." 

To register as a donor TODAY

In California: 

www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org | www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org 

Outside California: 

www.organdonor.gov | www.donatelife.net