The decision to donate is a very personal one, but one that can
bring feelings of pride in having made a decision that will
help others. With donation, your family can take some comfort in
knowing that in the midst of death, life can be passed on. As one
family says goodbye, somewhere, someone else's parent, sibling,
spouse, or grandchild is getting a second chance at life. Donor
family members say that this knowledge is a great comfort, and
can help ease their grief a little.
Next, of course, is the person whose life was saved by the
donation. And along with saving that one recipient's life, the
donation also benefits the recipient's immediately family, keeping
the family intact, as well as his circle of friends and extended
family. Finally, the donation ends up benefitting neighbors,
coworkers, and other members of the community, as the recipient
is able to resume his role in society.
Imagine this multiplied by seven (if the heart, both lungs, both
kidneys, pancreas, and liver) if all the donor's organs are
transplanted, and add to that the people who benefit from the
donated tissues, and you can begin to see that one donor can
have very far-reaching effects, touching too many lives to count.
