Organ donor idea

[ejpoeta]

5. my mom had kidney disease. she was sick for like 5 years

and had two transplants. neither took. I'd like to think if she were going through this today she would have survived. I remember going to the hopital with her when she had dialysis and all the others there. Old, young.... I would draw them pictures and such. Sometimes a chair was empty and you'd wonder why they weren't there. She died in 1986. I hope you are doing ok and that medical advances give you a better outcome.

I think that the person meant that you had to sign up before you were sick. It's an intriguing idea but I don't know that it would necessarily make more people sign the donor card. There are so many things that might help create more donors. I think about the healthcare situation and what could it mean to your ability to get insurance if you only have one kidney. And I have no idea of knowing this, but does insurance cover the cost of donating a kidney? the hospital stay? the procedure? who pays for that?

I think I signed my driver's license, but my family knows what my wishes are for sure. We all know what donation means to another person.