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LeftyMom

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13. I'm probably going to have to give my dad half of my liver in this coming year.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Thu Dec 31, 2015, 07:50 PM

Dec 2015

It's about a two year wait for a cadaver liver in this region, for his blood type. A cadaver transplant is actually better, he gets a whole liver and it's easier to plumb in that kind of kludging a whole liver's worth of blood supply onto half a liver.

A whole lot of perfectly transplantable organs will be buried or cremated while he waits. It's cruel and wasteful.

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Wales switches to organ donation opt-out instead of opt-in. [View all] dixiegrrrrl Dec 2015 OP

I always opt-out because Dick Cheney got a new heart. onehandle Dec 2015 #1

Why did I think they were collecting money for a musical instrument? hedgehog Dec 2015 #2

Smart - we should adopt a similiar approach. Juicy_Bellows Dec 2015 #3

Not well, but I an for it yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #4

Sure thing, bit pity the poor dumb fool that gets my bleedin' spleen - Juicy_Bellows Dec 2015 #7

Well, there is THIS to consider... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2015 #6

Well sure, that would be a problem. Juicy_Bellows Dec 2015 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author femmocrat Dec 2015 #5

How many people die due to organ shortages? This is a perfectly fine idea. n/t nomorenomore08 Dec 2015 #9

I think it's a great idea. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2015 #10

This is a splendid idea that would save many lives. Today there are more live donors than ... Scuba Dec 2015 #11

Oppose. Dawson Leery Dec 2015 #12

I'm probably going to have to give my dad half of my liver in this coming year. LeftyMom Dec 2015 #13

Seems like a good idea to me NV Whino Dec 2015 #14