https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:34:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/organ-donation#post-2837672 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:42:12 +0000 wrkbrk 2837672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: Love your message! We are organ donors but my parents are very old schools out it. Good reminder to bring it up with them again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/organ-donation#post-2837668 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:03:44 +0000 LCTBQE 2837668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bhbee: @Shantuck: @mrsbubbletea: @pinkb: @periwinklebee: @snowjewelz: @psw27: @Alba4: @youboots: thanks, ladies. it is truly incredible that this one selfless person saved probably 3-4 others. I wrote this because I have been surprised by the number of people who like it in theory but quietly don't want to do it themselves, out of disgust, vanity, religious hangups, or something else, I'm not sure. I hope for the most part that people our age are not going to be donors anytime soon because we're largely young and healthy, but people in the baby boom generation will be more likely to be, and that's something we can inform. I have a hunch based on something the coordinator implied that my dad's donor was an older person, which was certainly good enough for him. </p> <p>@youboots: I am really sorry to hear that :heart: I think it very easily could have been my dad's case, too. it seems to me that one's outcome on the list is not much more than supply and demand intersecting with dumb luck (like so many things). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/organ-donation#post-2837613 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 15:00:45 +0000 youboots 2837613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for posting. </p> <p>An extended family member passed recently waiting for an organ. </p> <p>I’ve been a donor as long as I’ve had my license. So is DH. Good point on checking with parents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/organ-donation#post-2837572 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 12:44:26 +0000 Alba4 2837572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So amazing. I’m happy that my husband and I are organ donors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/organ-donation#post-2837566 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 12:24:02 +0000 psw27 2837566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>:heart: so amazing! I will definitely check in with my parents. Thanks for the PSA! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/organ-donation#post-2837560 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 11:42:48 +0000 snowjewelz 2837560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>:heart: So amazing and thank you for the PSA. I will def ask my parents to make sure they are! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/organ-donation#post-2837545 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 10:39:44 +0000 periwinklebee 2837545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Such wonderful news! I am so happy for your dad and your family! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/organ-donation#post-2837534 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 10:20:57 +0000 pinkb 2837534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Amazing news! I follow a few people on instagram that need or needed transplants. Its an amazing process. Recycle yourself :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/organ-donation#post-2837517 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 09:32:53 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2837517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: I am so happy for your dad and family. I agree, organ donation is so important. I wish him a wonderful recovery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/organ-donation#post-2837511 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 09:06:03 +0000 Shantuck 2837511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What an amazing gift! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/organ-donation#post-2837498 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 07:53:01 +0000 bhbee 2837498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>:heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/organ-donation#post-2837497 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 07:14:23 +0000 LCTBQE 2837497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catgirl: that is wonderful for your mom :heart: and yes two of my grandparents (in their mid-90s) gave their bodies to medical schools, we were sent the cremains when their semester was over and my grandma and grandpa were glad to have been of use.<br /> @snarkybiochemist: @pachamama: to me this is an amazing miracle of science, charity, and humanist goodwill. My family is so grateful. The reason I wrote this is that the transplant coordinator told me that even if you’re registered on your DL or through your state’s registry, that next of kin makes or breaks it and it’s crucial that someone’s kids/spouse acts quickly. I had always heard that but never imagined before a few months ago that it would be relevant to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/organ-donation#post-2837493 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 06:53:28 +0000 snarkybiochemist 2837493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Organ donation is such an amazing gift and yes many conversations need to be had, including verifying that your next of kin will donate your organs. In many states even if the box is checked on your license they will still ask your next of kin and if they so no to donation then your organs will not be donated. So yes talk to your parents about their wishes (and get it in writing if its complicated) but also talk to your spouse and parents about your wishes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/organ-donation#post-2837492 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 06:47:37 +0000 pachamama 2837492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So glad your dad got a second chance how terrible to think you'd be so far away. Here in New York when you register for a license you check a box and I believe you're all signed up for organ donation. I'm all about someone using my body parts. What use is it six feet underground?!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/organ-donation#post-2837491 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 06:44:01 +0000 catgirl 2837491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So glad your dad was able to receive such an amazing gift. </p> <p>Organ donation is so important. And while I know it can be an awkward conversation I agree with you that it is a critical one to have. Especially to what level people would be comfortable with donating, just organs, tissue, skin, eyes, etc. </p> <p>While it's not the same as your situation my mom has an eye disease that would have left her blind by this point if not for cornea transplants. I feel so grateful someone made the choice to donate them so my mom can continue to see. </p> <p>Also for people who may not qualify to donate, depending on how they die and condition of the body, it can be great to donate a body to medical research. My great aunt died this year and since we knew she wouldn't qualify for donation that is what she set up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/organ-donation#post-2837490 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 06:27:33 +0000 LCTBQE 2837490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi, community. A couple of days ago my dad, who has been gravely ill in the ICU, was the grateful recipient of a new vital organ, without which he certainly would have died this summer. I am 37 weeks and halfway across the country, and my siblings and I honestly thought he'd die waiting and that I'd never see him again. He has another chance because someone decided to be a donor, and more importantly because their next of kin acted quickly and unsqueamishly to honor their wishes. Most of you are probably already registered donors yourselves, but this is a PSA to talk to your parents and anyone for whom *you* are next of kin to make sure that they are donors, so in the circumstance you're faced with making the decision, you can act with clarity. It's one of those unpleasant topics that can be put off indefinitely, but I hope you'll talk with your family about it if you never really have. </p> <p>Per the transplant coordinator I spoke with, my dad's new liver came from someone who was likely older with his blood type, and I know their other organs went to additional people and gave all of them another chance. It's incredible. Organ donation does not have to come from a teenager in a car accident, as not all recipients need an organ to last for another fifty years, some only need it to last a decade or so.</p> <p>Thanks for reading :heart: </p>