A study says that 72% of Americans said that they would donate their organs after death, while in reality only 38% actually do.
The researchers say they understand the reason for the discrepincy and that is that there are many misconceptions about the process of organ donation.
First, many people think that if they are registered for organ donation that doctors won’t try as hard to save their lives. Some people think they are too old or ill for any of their organs to be of worth for donation. Others don’t understand that brain dead people will not regain brain activity.
My sister and I knew that my mom would have liked to be an organ donor but that she had so many things wrong with her that she was conviced she would not be a good candidate. However after she passed away last December, we gave the go ahead for organ donation. Several weeks later, we got a letter from the organization that harvested her organs saying that two different men recieved parts of her eyes and were given the chance of sight thanks to her. For some reason I felt proud that she was able to do this. Organ donation. Give it some thought.