Donation_For_Others

The Columbus Dispatch | Michael Smerconish Godspeed to Sarah Murnaghan and Javier Acosta, both of whom are at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia suffering from the debilitating effects of cystic fibrosis. U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson granted them relief recently by allowing each to join the waiting list for an adult lung. This prompted the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to create a special appeal-and-review system to hear cases such as theirs in which children need access to adult organs. While Javier is still waiting, Sarah received a transplanted lung from an adult donor just days ago. But if we really want to swell the number of available hearts, lungs, livers and corneas, there is a more obvious and expansive solution. We need to start assuming that most people wish to be organ donors, while allowing those who object to opt out easily. The current policy in the United States is the opposite: an opt-in system. An analysis in the Harvard Business Review five ...

The Evening Telegraph | Debbie Kerr Cecilia McIntosh joined NHS Tayside chairman Sandy Watson, staff and relatives at the unveiling of the Ronnie McIntosh memorial display at Ninewells Hospital. The wife of Dundee hero Ronnie McIntosh said he would have been delighted by a new memorial at Ninewells Hospital. The Olympic torch carried by double amputee and organ donation campaigner Ronnie has been put on display in the main concourse. Visitors to Ninewells will also get the chance to see the specialist running limbs worn by Ronnie as well as a Hawkhill Harriers running vest promoting organ donation. Ronnie, who had received a kidney transplant and was an active fundraiser for organ donation, passed away earlier this year at the age of 62. He wished to donate the souvenirs from his Olympic journey to Ninewells to inspire and motivate others and raise awareness for organ donation. Ronnie’s wife Cecilia joined NHS Tayside chairman and co-chair of the Tayside Donation Committee Sandy Wats...

Parade | ASHLEIGH SCHMITZ When Kyle Froelich and Chelsea Clair met in 2009, they had no idea how much they would change each others’ lives. Now, almost four years later, the organ donor and her recipient are married. At age 12, Froelich was diagnosed with a fatal kidney disorder. By the time he was a senior in high school, his need for an organ transplant became a life-and-death situation. Many of his family and friends had tried and failed to be a genetic match and doctors estimated that he only had one year to live. That was before he met Clair at a car show in 2009. The two quickly hit it off and spent the day driving around in Clair’s Camaro. When he told her about his condition, she immediately volunteered her own kidney, should it be a match. In the U.S., the wait list for a new kidney is 110,000 people long, and in Indiana, it can take three to five years to find a suitable donor, Dr. William C. Goggins, kidney transplant surgical director at IU Health, told the Ind...

Celebrity Diagnosis | Michele Berman Legendary rock musician Lou Reed has died. The songwriter, vocalist and guitarist for the Velvet Underground in the 60s, followed by decades as a solo artist, had an influence which shaped rock and roll. Reed died over the weekend from complications of a liver transplant at the age of 71 years old. He had received the transplant in May 2013. At that time, his wife performance artist Laurie Anderson, told the Times of London that: "It’s as serious as it gets. He was dying. You don’t get it for fun." The reason for the liver transplant, and the exact complication that caused his death have not been revealed. A flood of celebrity Twitter messages followed the news of his passing: “The news I feared the most, pales in comparison to the lump in my throat and the hollow in my stomach. Two kids have a chance meeting and 47 years later we fight and love the same way â€" losing either one is incomprehensible. No replacement value, no di...

KOAT TV News Arcadia man stands at intersection looking for life-saving help OKLAHOMA CITY â€"A local veteran took to a street corner to ask for a new kidney. Robert Dean, of Arcadia, said he's tried everything. On Sunday, his 84th birthday, he took to a street corner to ask strangers for the gift of life. Dean is using his last bit of strength for his last hope. "I feel bad all the time," Dean said. His kidneys are failing. Friends and family offered theirs, but no one was a match. While waiting to find a donor, he has dialysis three times a week. “It takes all the strength away from you,” Dean said. “It does terrible things to your body.” Despite the way he feels, Dean stood strong at the corner of Memorial Road and Pennsylvania Avenue wearing a sandwich board with his phone number. As an ambulance passed by, Dean joked, “I’m glad I’m not going with him today.” VIDEO  ______________________________________________________  "You have the power t...

New York Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center with The Rogosin Institute proudly announces the 50th anniversary of our transplant program. As the first transplant program in the New York metropolitan area, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center transplanted its first patient in 1963 and has performed over 4,200 transplants to date as one of the highest volume kidney transplant centers in the nation. Since its inception, the program has maximized transplant opportunities for patients through cutting-edge research in our world-renowned laboratory, advanced surgical techniques, national kidney exchanges, and a unique multidisciplinary treatment approach to ensure the best possible outcomes. Below is an overview of the historical milestones highlighting ways the NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Transplant Program has been a leader in the field of transplantation and transforms the lives of pati...

Daily Record | Nicola Stow FIONA PRETTY donated her kidney and was thrilled to find out it saved the life of a 17-year-old boy. AN Edinburgh woman has spoken of her joy after discovering her donated kidney saved the life of a teenage boy. Big-hearted Fiona Pretty, 49, underwent months of tests before she was given the go ahead to become a live donor. After surgery she left a card with her kidney at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary’s transplant unit, bearing the message: “I hope my gift to you allows you to do the things you’ve always dreamed of.” As an altruistic donor â€" someone who gives an organ to help a stranger â€" Fiona thought she’d never find out who had received her organ. But just one week after her operation, the mum-of-two received an anonymous thank you letter in the post from a woman and her 17-year-old son. Fiona said: “Receiving that letter was one of the most emotional moments of my life. The boy’s mum outlined her son’s story from start to finish....

The Farmington Daily Times | Hannah Grover Larry Guffey walks with his horses Zee, at back, and Lady Bug, Tuesday, at his home in Bloomfield. Guffey received a heart transplant 20-years ago today. (Jon Austria/The Daily Times) FARMINGTON â€" In June 1993 â€" after Larry Guffey had five heart attacks â€" he received a heart transplant. Doctors told him they could guarantee “10 good years,” Guffey said. On Thursday, the 66-year-old Bloomfield man celebrated the 20th anniversary of his heart transplant. Guffey said he feels like he has been blessed. "The Lord provides for all that I need," Guffey said. The milestone is both personally significant and an impressive medical feat. Only 36 percent of heart transplant recipients live 20 years or longer, according to statistics from New Mexico Donor Services. "We only have a handful of people -- two handfuls of people -- who are able to have a 20 year anniversary," said Maria Sanders, community relations m...

UT San Diego | Michael Gardner Members of San Diego-based Donate Life are pushing for a specialized California license plate to help raise money to assist with organ donations and transplants. Former CHP officer and liver transplant recipient Michael McCrerey spoke at the event. Photo by Phil Kampel SACRAMENTO â€" Retired San Diego California Highway Patrol Officer Michael McCrerey is one of the lucky ones, receiving word that a new liver was available while bedridden at home “waiting to die.” But another 22,000 Californians on the waiting list may not be so fortunate. Nationally, time runs out for about 18 people everyday. That’s why McCrerey and San Diego-based Donate Life California were in the Capitol Thursday to help unveil a specialized license plate featuring the iconic pink dot that is now attached to driver’s licenses to identify potential organ and tissue donors. “We are at a milestone. We are not at the finish line,” said Sharon Ross of San Diego, a Donate L...

WFAA.com Dallas Ft Worth | Monika Diaz FORT WORTH â€" Broderick Patterson's angry outburst in a courtroom a year ago was caught on camera moments after a jury found the 18-year-old guilty of murder. But his victim's family said he is the last person they think about. Instead, they prefer to remember Eric Forrester without ever thinking of his killer. The 17-year-old Southwest High School student was shot and killed three years ago when he discovered a burglar in his family's Fort Worth home. Eric's family doesn't let a day go by without remembering him at their home on Poco Court in Fort Worth. "He told me he loved me every single night before we went to bed," said his mom, Debbie Forrester. Every morning, the Forrester family lives with the heartbreaking silence of a stolen son. "I think it's the toughest when I wake up in the morning, because you wake up and you think, 'Oh no. It's real. He's really not here," Mrs. Forreste...

PinkDOTPlate.org Donate Life California & California Highway Patrol Launch Special License Plate SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- With shared missions to save lives, Donate Life California and the California Highway Patrol (CHP) announced today a special license plate to spread the life-saving message that organ and tissue donation saves lives. The license plate features the Pink “DONOR” Dot, which also appears on driver licenses and ID cards across the state, along with the message “Save Lives! Be an Organ & Tissue Donor.” Reservations are officially open for the new Pink Dot Plate . All Californians are encouraged to consider reserving one today to show support for this life-saving endeavor. As soon as 7,500 paid reservations have been obtained, production of the colorful special license plates can begin. Proceeds from the license plates will save lives by supporting Donate Life California’s statewide outreach and education programs on organ and tissue donatio...

ST. Louis Post - Dispatch | Harry Jackson Jr. Tom Archer tells about life before and after a double-lung transplant while holding his miniature daschund Adalbert. Thomas Archer wakes up smiling every day. Eight years after his double-lung transplant, “I’m still breathing and I’m alive,” he said. “On average, people don’t survive longer than five years after a transplant.” A man of faith, he figures his work with others who face or have faced lung transplants has earned him time to beat the odds. Indeed, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute says about 78 percent of single-lung transplant patients survive the first year. About 63 percent survive three years and about half survive five years. Survival rates for double-lung transplants are slightly better, on average, 6.6 years, the agency says, adding that the rates are getting longer. Most critical is survival through the first year, getting past rejection and regaining vigor that may have been lost from the...

Donate Life Rose Float Each year, the Donate Life float's memorial floragraphs honor deceased organ, eye and tissue donors nationwide. Through these artistic portraits â€" most of which are decorated by the honorees' family members â€" we honor them, their families, and donors everywhere. Click on each photo to read their story. Keegan Atley Adkins Louisville, KY Annie Rachel Ahern Oklahoma City, OK John Akers, Jr. Rocky Mount, VA Bryce Ian Autry Bozeman, MT Jeff Ballard Mt. Sterling, KY Jay Bennevell Banion Harleysville, PA Kaitlyn Berg St. James, MN Josiah David Berger Franklin, TN Kevin Ellis Boyles Point Pleasant, WV Garrett M. Brockway Burlington, IA Benjamin Bynum Lithonia, GA Teresa Lynn Cassavoy Grand Blanc, MI Angel Nathaniel Chacon Pomona, CA Christian Chamberlain Atlanta, GA Yo-Sam Choi Seoul, Korea Rita Cihak Jackson, MN Keegan Scott Clinger Upper Sandusky, OH Noah Michael Davis Shawnee, KS Theodore "Teddy" Blaine Deterding White Heath, IL Meliss...