re: Organ Donation: Why don't more people do it?

I have to admit I was dead set against organ donation when I was younger. Not sure why. Didn't seem right, not sure if it was beacuse I thought my well being would be devalued while still alive or if it was just being selfish.

Then in 2000 my wifes mom was put on the heart transplant list. She waited 2 years for a heart. She lived in the hospital the last 6 months. But that new heart allowed her to see my wife and I get married and my godchild be born. My mother in law has since passed from a differenct illness, but the transplant gave us 6 more years with her.

In 2002 I became an organ donor.