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Organ donation : could you donate your child’s organs.
Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:15 pm
I was thinking about that little that’s not doing well with amoeba infection.
I understand that giving your child’s organs to a needy child is noble.
I don’t think I could do it.
And what motivation does a hospital have to save your child’s life when they stand to profit from the organ harvesting.
I understand that giving your child’s organs to a needy child is noble.
I don’t think I could do it.
And what motivation does a hospital have to save your child’s life when they stand to profit from the organ harvesting.
This post was edited on 8/22/26 at 4:52 pm
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Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:16 pm to Tempratt
Ive never understood the hangup with organ donation.
Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:17 pm to Tempratt
Organ?
Maybe
Piano?
NEVER!
Maybe
Piano?
NEVER!
Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:19 pm to Tempratt
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And motivation does a hospital have to save your child’s life when they stand to profit but the organ harvesting.
This is the scariest part. If your child is in a bad accident, they will be quicker to call "brain death" which is SKEEETCH.
I have personally met someone declared brain dead who is perfectly fine. He was in a coma for 40 days. The outside of the brain protects the interior part of the brain, and it is basically impossible to detect brain activity in the interior part. His wife wouldn't give up on him, and the guy woke up on a hospice bed with a ventilator in his mouth. Reached for his phone, and called his wife.
In addition, if someone is allegedly "brain dead," they prefer to keep them on a ventilator during organ harvesting because the oxygen is better for the organs.
Trust me when I say that any one around hospitals takes organ donor off their driver's license.
This post was edited on 8/22/26 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:24 pm to SwaggerCopter
How noble of you to take that off your DL when the odds of it happening to you are almost 0.
Maybe I’m in the minority here but it seems silly to no want to be an organ donor for that reason. I feel like human nature kicks in (I.e. saving a humans life) before a “business decision” is made
Maybe I’m in the minority here but it seems silly to no want to be an organ donor for that reason. I feel like human nature kicks in (I.e. saving a humans life) before a “business decision” is made
This post was edited on 8/22/26 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:32 pm to SwaggerCopter
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Reached for his phone, and called his wife
How did his phone stay charged for 40 days
Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:33 pm to Odysseus32
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Ive never understood the hangup with organ donation.
If they or anyone is gone, why not have some good come out of it.
Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:34 pm to Odysseus32
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Ive never understood the hangup with organ donation.
Documented cases of hospital workers doing the bare minimum when fresh organs are on the table.
That's what.
Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:38 pm to forkedintheroad
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Documented cases of hospital workers doing the bare minimum when fresh organs are on the table.
That's corruption, not the desire to do some good.
Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:42 pm to Tempratt
Many years ago good friends of mine lost a son when he got hit by a car while riding his bicycle. The boy was in the hospital on life support, but it became clear it was pointless and only serving him to stay alive on machines, so they decided to pull the plug and donate his organs so others could benefit.
They grieved like anyone would in that situation, but they also felt their gesture helped other people live fuller, healthier lives and that is what they took out of it.
I've been willing to donate any of my organs they could use upon my death. However, approaching 74 may find some of them past their "Use By" date.
They grieved like anyone would in that situation, but they also felt their gesture helped other people live fuller, healthier lives and that is what they took out of it.
I've been willing to donate any of my organs they could use upon my death. However, approaching 74 may find some of them past their "Use By" date.
Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:42 pm to Tempratt
Deleted double post.
This post was edited on 8/22/26 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:48 pm to DoUrden
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That's corruption, not the desire to do some good
Nobody wants to donate their child's organs if their child is savable, and to accept the converse you have to trust the people telling you there is nothing more that can be done.
Corruption erodes that trust.
Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:51 pm to Tempratt
When my teens became drivers they all put on their licenses that they would be organ donors
They are better than me
They are better than me
Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:52 pm to Odysseus32
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Ive never understood the hangup with organ donation.
Have you ever watched someone die in a hospital? It might change your perspective. I think half the doctors would pull the plug early just so they could get off work on time.
This post was edited on 8/22/26 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:54 pm to Tempratt
If another child’s life could be saved, absolutely.
If another family wouldn’t have to watch their child suffer & die, absolutely.
I honestly don’t understand how someone would be so selfish as to not let another person receive the donor organs, if there is no chance that their own child would survive…
If another family wouldn’t have to watch their child suffer & die, absolutely.
I honestly don’t understand how someone would be so selfish as to not let another person receive the donor organs, if there is no chance that their own child would survive…
This post was edited on 8/22/26 at 3:19 pm
Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:58 pm to Tempratt
quote:Doesn't work this way. While performing transplants may be profitable, harvesting organs is not. The harvested organ is unlikely to be transplanted into a patient at the same hospital, normally they're spread around the state or country. No profit motive for the hospital taking care of the dying patient.
And what motivation does a hospital have to save your child’s life when they stand to profit but the organ harvesting.
What does happen, however, is that doctors and nurses sometimes give up on a patient before the family does, or decide that life as a vegetable is not worth living while the family may disagree. In those scenarios there could be unethical pressure brought on families to withdraw care. None of that is about money, though. On the other hand, speaking from experience, it's much more common for families to torture their loved ones to death by continuing futile treatments that prolong a miserable life by just days or weeks.
Posted on 8/22/26 at 2:58 pm to SwaggerCopter
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Trust me when I say that any one around hospitals takes organ donor off their driver's license.
That is interesting; I should tell my wife, who is a surgeon on a cardiac transplant team, that she isn't supposed to have donor on her DL.
Posted on 8/22/26 at 3:02 pm to forkedintheroad
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Documented cases of hospital workers doing the bare minimum when fresh organs are on the table.
This sounds like a true crime tv show. I’ve been in healthcare for 23yrs. All in critical care/anesthesia. 5 of them in a pediatric/cardiac ICU. Unfortunately, I’ve seen many kids die and brought them to the OR for organ donation. Not once did I ever witness nurses, respiratory therapists, or physicians doing less bc of a possibly of organ donation.
This post was edited on 8/22/26 at 3:04 pm
Posted on 8/22/26 at 3:15 pm to Tempratt
Unfortunately I have been in this situation. We were not able to agree to organ donation. Looking back, I would have been more open to the idea to help another child in need. You never know what you are going to do in a tough moment until you are in that moment. Hindsight is 20/20
Posted on 8/22/26 at 3:33 pm to MAMAC14
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Unfortunately I have been in this situation. We were not able to agree to organ donation. Looking back, I would have been more open to the idea to help another child in need. You never know what you are going to do in a tough moment until you are in that moment. Hindsight is 20/20
First and foremost, sorry for your loss. I can't imagine.
I think decisions like that lend themselves to errors of omission in the moment. You are rightly thinking about your family at the time, and if you haven't given it much prior thought, which is not surprising, I think not doing it would be the default for many, if not most, people.
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