A moment with an MD

When a child is in a traumatic accident, many times we are able to keep their hearts pumping with drugs, but they have already gone to be with the Lord. These sweet children then become candidates for organ donation. The machines and drugs keep them alive long enough to go to the OR for harvesting the organs to save other lives. As I was helping with one such child last night, I was assisting the MD with a procedure before sending her to the OR, and I asked him if there was anything else he needed. To this he replied, "a harder heart." I was still in a very focused state of mind and was confused by this reply as I knew that her heart was in a un-donatable state, and I just could not figure what he was asking me for. "Refering to....?" I asked, and he said, "Me, the girl looks just like my daughter. I'm just not cut out for this."

Life is hard. Make some things easy. Please talk with your loved ones about organ donation and make your requests known to them so that if that time comes, the decision will be easy.

Visist: http://www.donatelife.net/ or www. gsds.org