Through two wonderful organizations, Stacy has been able to give the gift of hope to many for their physical needs. Her skin, bone, eyes and heart valves were gifted to Life Gift and her corneas were gifted to the Eye Bank Association of America.
Please consider organ donation and state your wishes to your family while you are in good health. Better yet, have a living will and a statement of intent regarding your final wishes. It relieves your family of having to make decisions at a time when the emotional turmoil of losing you is at it's highest.
When our brother Scott died in 2001 at the age of 42, we were able to give the gift of a new beginning to those in need. Out of our tremendous loss, others have and/or will gain health and wholeness. We are privileged to be able to give others hope for their future through the grief of our loss. Knowing that Stacy and Scott have given the ultimate gift of life to others comforts us in our sorrow. A part of them lives on in many others.
Please consider your legacy of life after death. Thank you...
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There is a critical shortage of organs in this country. More than 96,000 individuals currently await a lifesaving organ transplant in the U.S. Of those, more than 7,000 are Texans and 2,500 are listed in the LifeGift service area (109 Texas counties).
This year alone, close to 6,000 people will die this year awaiting an organ transplant; that’s 17 people who die daily because an organ did not become available to them.
A person is added to the national organ transplant waiting list every 13 minutes.
The generosity of an individual donor can save up to eight lives through organ donation and enhance another 50 through tissue donation.
Last year, more than 28,000 organ transplants were performed in the U.S. Organs used for transplant include: kidneys, heart, lungs, liver, pancreas, and small bowels.
Close to one million tissue transplants are performed each year. Tissue includes skin, bone, heart valves, veins and corneas. Skin is used to treat burn patients and individuals with cancer; bone can be used to treat orthopedic injuries and cancer patients; corneas can enhance and restore sight.
Registering to become an organ, tissue and eye donor helps ensure your wishes will be carried out after you die. Tell your family about your decision.
For more information go to:
http://lifegift.org/
http://www.restoresight.org/
Additional links of interest:
http://www.organdonor.gov/
http://www.donatelife.net/
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/organdonation.html
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