Discussing Donation

One of the most common myths we hear about donation is that there is an additional cost to the organ and tissue donor’s family or their estate. That’s simply not true, your donation is a gift! The fact: There is no cost to the donor’s family for organ, eye and tissue donation. Many people who have never considered donation or…

In November, we celebrate Eye Donation Month, a time to remind you that giving the gift of sight is something almost everyone can do. People’s lives are positively changed through eye donation. We invited our partners at the Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank to write a guest blog about eye donation this month. What is Eye Donation? Eye tissue donation…

Annually, from Friday to Sunday two weeks before Thanksgiving, National Donor Sabbath is observed. This observance seeks to include places of worship in promoting donation. Faith leaders from many religions, donor families, transplant recipients, and donation and transplantation professionals participate in services to increase awareness about the lifesaving gifts passed to others for donation and transplantation and honor donors who…

October is Healthy Lung Month, a time to shine a light on the harm that can happen to lungs and increase overall awareness about lung disease. Currently, more than 1,000 people in the United States are on the waitlist for a lifesaving lung transplant. According to the Organ Procurement Transplant Network, so far in 2022, 23 lung transplants have been…

We often think of the heart when we talk about organ donation in general. The heart symbolizes love. But for others, a heart holds a much deeper meaning. For those few individuals who have received a heart transplant, it symbolizes the difference between life and death, and every thumping beat is a second chance at living a full life. For…

Every 10 minutes, someone is added to the national transplant waiting list. We often hear about the organ waiting list and the thousands of people waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant, but not everybody is familiar with how the listing process works. In this edition of Discuss Donation, we break down how the organ waiting list works. What Exactly is…