Organ donation is the surgical removal of organs and or tissue from a donor after he is declared brain dead. The organ or tissues are transplanted into another living person. To be considered brain dead, the patient is put through a series of tests to determine if death has occurred. Death is indicated when a person can not breathe without assistance. There is no blood flow or oxygen to the brain, or there is no brain function. After confirmation that the deceased person is declared a donor, blood supplies are taken for the matching process. Once a recipient is located, the organs are removed by the organ procurement team. The organs are never removed unless a recipient is located, which is very rare. The recipient list is very long, and there are not enough organs available.

Stacy Soltys was a seventeen year old high school senior when she died in a car crash. Her mother Cheryl donated Stacy’s heart, liver, kidneys, lungs, bone, corneas, and even her skin. Stacy had always been a giving person and she would want to give others the gift of life even with her death. Cheryl contacted the LifeGift (the organ procurement agency) and told them she would like to meet the recipients of Stacy’s organs. After a three-month wait, she received letters from four of the recipients. The liver recipient was a forty-one year old mother of two. The lung recipient was a fifty-nine year old woman. The heart recipient was a seventy-seven year old Chiropractor. The kidney recipient was a thirty-eight year old father of three boys, a Mr. Mom. The Soltys and the recipients continue to stay in contact. Stacy’s death is still hard to deal with, but having all her recipients together each year for a reunion reminds everyone a part of Stacy still lives on. The Soltys feel donating was the last gift Stacy had to give (Rubin).

up in the honor of Mickey Mantle. Mantle had expected to lead Mickey’s Team (Mickey Mantle Foundation) to eliminate deaths, due to the shortage of organs. With unexpected complications he died before he accomplished this goal. His dream is a challenge to all. To become organ donors and save lives through transplants (Search Sport).

Some topics in this essay:
Happen Arora, Meds Advocacy, Organ Donation, Arora National, Maria Alvarez, Remember Me“, Stacy Soltys, Shani Hughes, Arora UNOS, Oklahoma University, organ donors, organ donation, organ donor, organ tissue, organ transplant, mickey mantle, brain dead, organs tissue, performed successful, tissue donor, signing driver’s license, declared brain dead, mickey mantle foundation, donor declared brain, organ tissue donation,