The Gift of Organ Donation Has No Age Limit
Shoreline Plus | Life Choice Donor Services
WINDSOR, CT - Like any loving family man, Donald Preece of Old Saybrook hoped to leave his wife and grown children with warm memories of spending time together cruising around Long Island Sound on his boat and enjoying Sunday picnics. He was proud to eventually leave the successful business he had spent a lifetime building to his son. But when Preece died in November of last year with a heart weakened severely by two consecutive heart attacks, he never would have imagined his legacy would also include donation. He was able to become a tissue donor at the age of 70 with his skin and corneas dramatically improving the lives of the recipients. LifeChoice Donor Services wants everyone to know there is no age limit to organ donation and people can donate tissue well into their 70s.
“A person’s potential to help others through donation, regardless of age, will be determined at the time of death. People in their 70s have donated vital organs that have been successfully transplanted. No matter what your age, be sure to inform loved ones of your decision to be a donor so that they may honor your final wish to help others,†says Caitlyn Bernabucci, Public Education Specialist for LifeChoice Donor Services.
Ann Preece, Don’s wife of nearly 50 years, made the decision to donate his corneas knowing how devastated Don was by his brother Dick’s traumatic accident eight years earlier that left Dick permanently blind. Don was always hoping for a cure for Dick; so even though Dick could not regain his sight, Ann felt it was so special that someone would be benefiting from her husband’s gift.
WINDSOR, CT - Like any loving family man, Donald Preece of Old Saybrook hoped to leave his wife and grown children with warm memories of spending time together cruising around Long Island Sound on his boat and enjoying Sunday picnics. He was proud to eventually leave the successful business he had spent a lifetime building to his son. But when Preece died in November of last year with a heart weakened severely by two consecutive heart attacks, he never would have imagined his legacy would also include donation. He was able to become a tissue donor at the age of 70 with his skin and corneas dramatically improving the lives of the recipients. LifeChoice Donor Services wants everyone to know there is no age limit to organ donation and people can donate tissue well into their 70s.
“A person’s potential to help others through donation, regardless of age, will be determined at the time of death. People in their 70s have donated vital organs that have been successfully transplanted. No matter what your age, be sure to inform loved ones of your decision to be a donor so that they may honor your final wish to help others,†says Caitlyn Bernabucci, Public Education Specialist for LifeChoice Donor Services.
Ann Preece, Don’s wife of nearly 50 years, made the decision to donate his corneas knowing how devastated Don was by his brother Dick’s traumatic accident eight years earlier that left Dick permanently blind. Don was always hoping for a cure for Dick; so even though Dick could not regain his sight, Ann felt it was so special that someone would be benefiting from her husband’s gift.
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