Done Vida

ahuertas — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:30:44 +0000

Los seres humanos nacemos con grandes cualidades y una de ellas es la de ayudar a otros. Cuando hablamos de donar nuestros órganos, hablamos de ayudar a salvar una vida. Un solo donante puede salvar y mejorar las condiciones de vida de más de 50 personas donando órganos y tejidos.

Donate Life America es una alianza no lucrativa de organizaciones nacionales y socios locales a lo largo de los Estados Unidos, sirviendo como voz nacional e inspirando a todas las personas a que salven y mejoren vidas por medio de la donación de órganos y tejidos

Chris Henry

Donate Life — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:27:21 +0000

Watch the moving story of Chris Henry, a Cincinnati Bengals NFL receiver who died in 2009 following an accident and became an organ and cornea donor.

http://www.cbssports.com/video/player/play/nfl/hBlG9er_QVcnTFJ3uOa7AFsOTcHnDdUq

Como Hablar Con Su Familia

Donate Life — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:45:03 +0000

Una vez que usted haya decidido ser donante, es de suma importancia que le comunique esta decisión a su familia mientras esté saludable y sea capaz de hablar por sí mismo. Así, cuando llegue el momento, su familia podrá cumplir sus deseos.

Cuando usted se sienta listo y cómodo acerca de su decisión de donar sus órganos y tejidos, dígaselo a su familia. Esta es una decisión que debe compartir con ellos y que ellos deben entender. Generalmente, compartir historias de donantes de órganos y tejidos, que han salvado y mejorado las condiciones de vida de otras personas, ayuda a abrir la mente de familiares y demostrarles la magnitud de este acto.

La donación de órganos y tejidos da vida. Hágale saber a su familia que el apoyar su decisión de ser donante de órganos y tejidos cuando ya no los necesite permitirá dar vida a otros. Dígales que se los comunica para que cuando llegue el momento, ellos estén preparados y tengan la paz y tranquilidad de saber que están cumpliendo con sus deseos. Familiares de donantes han expresado que sienten una gran paz interior al saber que una parte de su ser querido continuará viviendo en otra persona.

Hable con su familia acerca de la donación de órganos y tejidos. Hábleles acerca de donar vida.

Not Keeping Pace with Need

Donate Life — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:40:26 +0000

According to a new survey by Donate Life America, 45 percent of people are undecided, reluctant or do not wish to have their organs and tissue donated after their deaths. While a majority of U.S. adults reported that they wish to be organ or tissue donors, 55 percent, the continued level of reluctance and indecision illustrates a critical need to continue to increase the level of support for organ and tissue donation to give hope to the more than 110,000 adults and children on the U.S. transplant waiting list, an average 18 of whom die each day waiting, and the hundreds of thousands more in need of tissue and cornea transplants.

“We are encouraged by the continued willingness of a majority of Americans to register as donors,” says Donate Life America Chair Helen Bottenfield. “With the huge and growing need for organs, our hope is to save the greatest possible number of lives.” April is National Donate Life month and Donate Life America is encouraging people to visit www.donatelife.net or www.facebook.com/donatelife to learn more and to register.

The online survey of 1,000 U.S. adults revealed some continuing myths regarding donation. For example, when asked if they believed that doctors may not try as hard to save their lives if their wish to be organ donors is known, 29 percent agreed. Also, 55 percent agreed with the erroneous idea that it is possible for a brain dead person to recover from his or her injuries.

“It’s important for people to know the facts,” says David Fleming, president and CEO, Donate Life America. “For health professionals, the number one priority is always to save the lives of their patients, and only after death is organ and tissue donation considered. While you can recover from comas, brain death is permanent, irreparable.”

For additional survey findings click on the 2011 Research findings.pdf or visit us on Facebook and tell us your opinion about the findings.

John

Donate Life — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:51:02 +0000

Thanks to a cornea transplant, John was able to see again for the first time in 31 years.…

Tyler

Donate Life — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:47:20 +0000

For Tyler, a bone transplant meant the chance to live a normal life again.

JePahl

Donate Life — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 04:10:31 +0000

For more than seven years, JePahl endured dialysis treatments three times a week for four hours per session, until a kidney transplant restored his health.

Priscilla

Donate Life — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:31:03 +0000

At two years of age, Priscilla received a heart transplant that saved her life. She is now a healthy a normal child who loves to swim, bike and jump rope.

Tracy

Donate Life — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 01:03:10 +0000

When Tracy’s son gets older, she’ll tell him about the transplant that saved her life.