Imagine a close family member who is close to dying and the only way to save them is to get a new organ. Family members who are on dialysis go to have it done 2-3 times a week. Each session lasts four to five hours each. The sessions weaken patients to a degree where 71% discontinue work after starting. Organ donation is the process of removing tissue and organs from a human body and transplanting them into another human, in a sterile environment, in need of them. Normally, these organs come from someone who is brain dead and their loved ones help decide whether or not to donate their organs. Everyone should be an organ donor because it has done great things for people. One reason why people should be an organ donor is that many people are…show more content… When someone is on kidney dialysis, it is much less successful than a kidney donation (Linda C. Fentiman). In another instance, Susan Fowler, who lived in California had a pig liver put in her until a human one became available. The liver kept her alive for a while, but she died a few days before surgeons were scheduled to replace the pig liver with a human one (Mary Powers). This idea has been done a lot, with many different animal organs, but still doesn’t last as long as a human organ. Furthermore, organ donation is done out of the goodness of people’s hearts. People get to help one another by giving them something they need. When they give them an organ, they know they’re saving a life. In addition, if/when a donor needs a transplant- because of bruising, cancer, or a disease that would shut down an organ- they receive priority on the waiting list (Dimitri Linde). ‘I won’t have anything to bury.’ Many people believe that if you are an organ donor, then there isn’t anything left to bury or cremate. What people don’t realize is there isn’t a bunch of different incisions for different organs, there is only one incision from the midline down. When a donor donates a bone like an arm or leg, there are prosthetics put back in, and unless they tell people, you can’t really tell. If you do have an open casket, they ask you to wear long
