So Sat night(Feb 26,2012) I was just browsing around Facebook and i don't really even know how i happened upon it but i found a cause page called kidney for kevin. I cant even explain it other than a higher power was calling me to look into it more and i felt compelled to see what i could do to help. Kevin has been waiting for a kidney for over 3 years now. I am learning so much about live organ donation and the crisis we have going on in the world right now. So many people die every day waiting for a organ that will never come. If only half the population of the USA would be organ donors if they died then we would have NO WAITING LISTS AT ALL. I also thought that if you put on your DL that you were an organ donor then they wont resuscitate you, or wont work as hard to save you. This is a complete MYTH that DR's and everyone hate. Why would a DR. not work on saving you to save another? Also the transplant team is not tied to anyone and don't know who are donors and who arent. They don't get the call to come till you are already dead. I registered on the texas donor list. I also registered my infant son, and my fiance. As much as i hope and pray that i don't die or my family does not die, if we did i would know that i want someone else to live and be saved from my organs.
https://www.donatelifetexas.org/TXDear_Secure/default.aspx If you do not live in texas, you can find where to register in your state there too. I encourage everyone to learn the facts and register to give life after your death! It angers me at the way we bury our dead now. I don't want to be pumped full of chemicals and then put in the ground to harm the earth. I already know where im going when i die and i wont need my body anyways where im going.
I have started the process to see if kevin and i are a match. It is a long process with a ton of testing. So far i have gotten my blood taken and the results were sent to Penn medicine. Now i just need to fax some paper work(basic info about myself and medical history) back to them and see if they would like to go forward with testing or not.
Many people don't understand why i am doing this. Understand this. It does not matter what you think, you may share your opinion on the subject for sure. I will listen. I am an adult and make my own decisions for MY life. I am the only that has to live it so please let me do just that. I want to make every day count. We are only here for a short time. I want to be the change in the world. Most of all i really want to be able to save another person's life(either with actually donating to them or just making them knowledgeable about different things going on in the world)
Glad i found you kevin! Glad i am learning about live organ donating and so thankful for people like your sister in the world. Forgot to tell y'all, Kevin's sister is the one who made a page for kevin on the cause pages on face book and she also has a blog on here too. I have been corresponding with her via Facebook as well. Kevin and i are not allowed to be in contact for different reason. It is a hospital policy and also they don't want people getting their hopes up and then having someone not be able or willing to donate. Its understandable.
I will be documenting the entire process and how it works. Hope you will join me by watching and reading about my journey of becoming a live organ donor! Just remember great ideas present themselves to us, sometimes we see them and sometimes we dont. I know that i cant live my life knowing that i could have done something for another and just didnt. What if we are a match! How crazy that would be considering i randomly found his story! I don't want to ever wonder, what if? So now i try to live it by knowing i did everything in my power to live the way i want to live and am a person my son can look up to for inspiration and hope.
