Why Consider Organ and Tissue Donation?
Because of a woman named Cathy, who was diagnosed with bone cancer as a teenager. Cathy survived her cancer, but she suffered severe heart damage from the cancer-fighting drugs she took. To stay alive, she would need a heart transplant. One of the lucky ones, Cathy received a new heart. In February 1993, she gave birth to her first child. Because of a little girl named Sara, who was diagnosed with an enlarged heart when she was only six months old. Doctors warned that she would never see her first Christmas without a heart transplant, that such a procedure had never been performed on an infant as young as Sara. Miraculously, Sara got the heart she needed. Today, she lives the life of a normal eight-year old. More than 35,000 people like Cathy and Sara are waiting for a second chance at life through an organ transplant. Tragically, nearly a third won’t live long enough to be matched with an organ donor. This is because individuals and their families did not consider organ donation — ou
