Are you an organ donor?
I am - it's designated on our drivers license. They can have any body part of mine that might help someone else.
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i will do this at the next license renewal.
shareI know a woman who wants to donate her organ, but no one wants to pick it up.
It's just sits in the corner, gathering dust and taking up space.
I knew a hen pecked husband who was afraid his offer to donate his organs would be rejected and his wife observed that he should be used to that by now.
Yes.
shareI SURE AM.
shareI am too...though I'm kinda hesitant now after seeing what happened to our "uncle" at his funeral a few years ago. (He was an old college friend of my dad's, close enough that he was the "brother my dad never had" --- dad had only sisters). We called him "Uncle" _____, as a form of affection, despite him not being related by blood.
I kept wondering where his coffin was at the funeral, until dad finally pointed out the beautiful wooden box with the sun setting behind a tree painted on it. We then figured out that when you are an organ donor, they take everything they can from your body (save for what can't be used), and cremate you, which isn't something I want, to be honest. Sure, I'd love to help people out with donated organs, but to use all of them? Really?
Incidentally, they probably were unable to use my "uncle's" liver, hehe. The man had a chronic drinking problem most of his adult life, and he was only in his 50s when he passed away. Despite this, everyone loved him, and he made a positive impression on everyone. He was brilliant in working with tech, and helped my dad out so many times when he was in trouble. I personally think he left us too soon.
Sorry to hear about your family friend.
Usually the doctors try to maintain a presentable appearance.
From Wikipedia:
"After the surgeons remove the organs, they are transported as quickly as possible to the recipient, for immediate transplantation. Most organs only survive outside the body for a few hours, so recipients in the same region are usually chosen. In the case of a dead donor, after the organs are removed, the body is normally restored to as normal an appearance as possible, so that the family can proceed with funeral rites and either cremation or burial."
Full article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_donation
I would think it would be easy to conceal the removal of the internal organs. The only time I ever heard of a problem was when it involved the removal of the corneas. Someone (a co-worker possibly... I can't remember) was talking about the funeral of a loved one who had donated his/her corneas. The mortician had replaced the eyeballs with something artificial, and it looked bad.
Possibly your "uncle" had requested cremation?
Okay, that makes more sense :). I think he requested cremation in addition to the organ donation. To be honest, he didn't look so great in his last years. Despite him being an awesome person, he would have looked right at home in a mad scientist lab, complete with lightning flying everywhere.
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