Are you an organ donor?

[SDV]

Interesting. Most people I know who choose not to be a donor do so because they believe they are supposed to go to heaven "whole." You're the first I've seen use this particular argument.

The soul goes to heaven. The body left behind is just a bag of bones

 

[GoBigOrangeVols]

They won't try very hard to keep you alive when they see all your pretty organs and notice you're a donor!

I learned this from an ER nurse and subsequently changed my donor status.

 

[volfanCLT]

The soul goes to heaven. The body left behind is just a bag of bones

This. If I'm dead I have no use for them, hopefully they can make a difference in someone else's life.

 

[Thrasher865]

I learned this from an ER nurse and subsequently changed my donor status.

Huh, so maybe there is some truth to it?

 

[Nerd-Vol]

Huh, so maybe there is some truth to it?

Just a bunch of excuses from cowards who don't donate.

 

[vollygirl]

I learned this from an ER nurse and subsequently changed my donor status.

An ER nurse who isn't driven enough to want to save your life isn't much of a nurse. Or much of a person.

 

[GoBigOrangeVols]

An ER nurse who isn't driven enough to want to save your life isn't much of a nurse. Or much of a person.

I think you could also swing it to mean that they start to prep your organs for transplant in the hopes of saving multiple lives.

 

[vollygirl]

I think you could also swing it to mean that they start to prep your organs for transplant in the hopes of saving multiple lives.

And I don't think you can. ER nurses don't prep organs for transplants.

 

[PKT_VOL]

Of course. The argument against the donation of healthy organs is futile.

 

[bamacheats]

I donated my organ to my wife lst night. Repeatedly.

Me too! Then later on my own wife!

 

[bamacheats]

The soul goes to heaven. The body left behind is just a bag of bones

Link?

 

[bamacheats]

I learned this from an ER nurse and subsequently changed my donor status.

It happens. But its really rare. The most disturbing thing about organ donation is how many people make millions except the guy who gives them and the guy who gets them. The middlemen are the scum.

 

[SDV]

Link?

BibleGateway.com: A searchable online Bible in over 100 versions and 50 languages.

 

[YorkVol]

I'm actually a donor. Don't believe in heaven anyway.

I think I knew that about you so I thought there was some humanist philosophy at work.

 

[YorkVol]

The soul goes to heaven. The body left behind is just a bag of bones

Yeppers.

 

[JonWard]

Giggity

 

[Red13]

Definitely a donor!
I look at it this way, if you receive an organ to save your own or another's life, you should donate.

 

[Red13]

The movie/book Coma by Stephen King might change your mind not to be a donor!

 

[utvolpj]

Just curious. Saw that one of my wife's friends is celebrating 2 years after having a heart transplant and figured I would ask.

The donor heart finally gave out and Brooke passed away yesterday. She spent the last 6 years after her transplant committed to making Hampton Roads a better place. Six years helping people that would not have been possible without a donor heart. She will be missed

Please consider signing up if possible

 

[malinoisvol]

Thoughts and Prayers for her and her family.

 

[WallyBalls]

I'm late to the thread, but I'm happy to be a donor.

I told my wife and have it in my papers, if somebody can use it, they're welcome to anything I've got once I'm gone.

 

[Tin Man]

I'm not only an organ donor, I'm a regular blood donor. Less than 40% of the US population is eligible to give blood these days, so, if you are among us, please, extend your arm. :hi:

 

[marcusluvsvols]

I am a donor. Cheers.

 

[volfanCLT]

I'm late to the thread, but I'm happy to be a donor.

I told my wife and have it in my papers, if somebody can use it, they're welcome to anything I've got once I'm gone.

Same. I won't be needing it anymore, why not help someone who could benefit from it.

 

[vollygirl]

So sorry to hear that news PJ.