Would you be an organ donor?

Honestly, I even considered signing up to be a living liver donor back when my brother was at Mayo Clinic. At the time, I heard there were already fifty people on the waiting list, so I decided against it.

The kid ended up receiving a liver from a donor who passed away in a car accident—under current US laws, those registered donors are really only stepped in if things take a turn for the absolute worst, acting as that final Hail Mary to save a life.

Kimberly Phillips64 said:I got mine the same way—just sent an email to the support address. I can't make sense of this link—it looks like some random URL that doesn't lead anywhere useful. It’s basically the digital equivalent of walking into a dead end in downtown Chicago and realizing you forgot your keys. If you're trying to share something specific, just get to the point.
So, I gave them my address, and then—lo and behold—the materials and that card showed up right at my doorstep.

🤔 And how long exactly were you sitting around waiting for that?

Honestly, as far as I'm concerned, they can take whatever they need from me and I'll just toss the rest to the pigs so all those proteins don't go to waste!

I've got my donor card on me

I've had my donor card for years. Won't be needing it once I'm dead anyway. Just wondering how much they're actually worth 😉

As far as the laws go, I know the drill 🙂 and the myths too. Besides, if someone’s really looking to rip out my kidney, I doubt they'll bother asking for permission 😁

Well, I might as well wrap this whole thing up just like that guy from Monty Python 😁

Well, why not? If it actually serves a purpose, I say go for it. At the end of the day, they’re either going to perish anyway or just end up being worm food and all that other nonsense. 😬

Ashley Cook64 said:🤔 So, how long were you actually waiting?

A while.
I’d almost forgotten all about it—until I stumbled upon that letter in my mailbox
somewhere between a month and a half to two months ago. 😕

Well, certainly after they’ve run about a thousand different tests to confirm I’m actually deceased—rather than having them start an autopsy while I'm still very much alive and unable to shout "Wait, no!"

😂

In any case...

I haven't signed up to be a donor, but still...

Of course I’d donate my organs—and honestly, I’m tired of people using faith as an excuse for everything. If you actually believe what you preach, you can't really say no. After all, Jesus Christ said: whatever you do for the least of these, you do for me...

Of course. 👍

I guess I’d only donate if it meant my passing would somehow stop them from going under...

Of course 😉

Of course I would. If someone needs them, why not? It’s not like I’ll have any use for them once I’m dead anyway. 😛

Blood donation? Sure, I'm down. But organ donation? No way in hell. ☕

Are you freaking kidding me?!! ☕

Seriously though, they just snatched it right back after he "donated" it. 😉

http://www.law.gov/statutes/organ-donation-act

ORGAN DONATION FROM DECEASED INDIVIDUALS

Section 22.

Body parts from deceased individuals may only be harvested for transplant if the donor did not expressly opt out in writing during their lifetime.

An adult of sound mind may submit a written declaration refusing donation, as described in paragraph 1, to their primary care physician.

So, basically, we’re all considered organ donors by default unless we explicitly tell our family doctor otherwise and get it on paper, right? 🤔

As for me, I've got my donor card ready to go and everything—I'm an open book when it comes to donating all my organs. 😍

hm.. I’d probably share that kind of "decision" with my inner circle, sure, but I wouldn't be flashing my donor card to everyone. My job puts me in contact with medical professionals more often than I’d like—even in the worst-case scenarios—and based on what I've seen firsthand, I just can't wrap my head around it. How am I supposed to react if, God forbid, something happens to me and the first thing a doctor asks—before they even bother trying to stabilize me—is "Does this patient have a donor card?"

Of course I would. I don't really have any use for it anymore myself, so if it could actually end up helping someone else out, I'd be more than happy to pass it along.

So, what am I even supposed to do with this?

I was just sitting here reeling from some random thought I overheard from this older lady—really highly educated type, comes from one of those old-money Ivy League families—who basically said she’d never donate an organ. She actually argued that they might just tear you apart later or something, and honestly, she just thinks the whole thing is too gross. 🙄

Such an entitled woman, too. The kicker is, she dropped a massive pile of cash on some major surgery just last year. If she woke up tomorrow needing a kidney, she’d probably just try to write a check for one. It makes me wonder how she’d react if she actually needed one. What if they tried to give her a pig kidney? 🤷