re: Organ Donation

It wasn't his whole eyes, it was just a part of them.

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lsunurse

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Wouldn't a person suffering from an accident or trauma be subject to an autopsy? That must make donation impossible, right?

And to the family that lost a loved one, it has to bring some comfort to them to know that there was some kind of good that came out of their tragedy.

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That’s why they give you the option

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You have the option to do/not do a lot of things in life.. If there is an unfortunate situation in which you die, why not select the option that could save a life rather than made the decision to prevent possibly saving a life?

Also....if you had a family member dying and needed an organ transplant to live....wouldn't you wish more people were organ donors?

If you are an organ donor you will not be left to die for your organs in an ICU.

Your family can still have the funeral they wish(even open casket)

It doesn't cost the family anything extra.

Best part....something you no longer need can save the lives of several people.

What percent of people who check off the "organ donor" box end up becoming organ donors? I'd imagine it is a logistical nightmare trying to match healthy body parts on terminally ill people to recipients in need.
Does organ donation occur also with people who, for example, suddenly die in a car wreck?

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Then make these wishes known to your loved ones. Have the hard conversations with them about what happens after you die and how you would want to die.

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It’s a bit of a running joke among people that I’m close to, just how open about it I am. They all know I’m an organ donor. I don’t want to be kept in a permanent vegetative state, and if it’s legal, I would like to die of a massive diamorphine overdose. If someone murders me, I don’t want them to get the death penalty. If I’m not already being cut open to harvest my organs, I would prefer not have an autopsy conducted at all. I’ve seen too many pictures of people naked up on that table. Let me go with my dignity intact, or at least as much as one can have in death.

And if you assholes let some preacher go all religious at my funeral, you’d better hope there is no afterlife, because I’ll fricking haunt you

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Does organ donation occur also with people who, for example, suddenly die in a car wreck?

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If they were still alive when they reached the hospital and died in the hospital...possibly.

Dead on the scene of the accident...no.

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I'm an organ donor and dont think twice about it.

But for some reason, donating my eyes specifically creeps me out. Couldn't tell you why either.

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Me too--the idea of donating my eyes or my skin feels weird to me. Maybe because those are the things that I can see and so it seems more "real"?

But I have no reservations about donating any other organ. My cousin died after a motorcycle wreck and his organs were donated. My aunt and uncle received letters from some of the recipients and it really helped to comfort them that his death wasn't completely meaningless.

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Where do people get these stupid ideas.

Are you that uneducated?

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It makes sense to laymen and they run with it. I get the same kind of thing pertaining to the practice of law. Anytime I reply with something along the lines of “no, but seriously, do you understand how staggeringly unethical that would be? We really don’t do that, ever. Jesus...” People think they are exceedingly clever when they retort with something like “sure, because everyone is ethical” and run off in their ignorance.