Over the last couple of days there has been a story in the news about a woman who received lungs from a donor who had smoked and then she died a few months later. You can see this story on the BBC news website here. My friend Emily has written a brilliant blog post in response to this story which you can read here. It's well worth a read.
Tor was on the radio today talking about that story too. You can listen online here. The talk about organ donation is at 1 hour 10mins in and Tor speaks from 1 hour 13mins in.
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Thanks for letting us know. :-) xx
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. This is such a srtong subject for sure! But I did enjoy reading your friends blog on the article. Well written and thought out.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are well.
MJ x x
Thanks Rosie and Michelle. Another friend has just written a good blog post in response to this which you can read here - http://fairenuff-familypficblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/should-we-pick-and-choose-organs.html
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I posted my comment to u on my blog, when I should have posted it here,lol x
ReplyDelete"cheers everyone, and Moll I agree with you in terms of recovery, and appreciate your comment. I guess I meant in terms of fitness, generally other organs fitness levels are returned to normal (if no other setbacks). That is why heart & lungs have their own games for this reason. Also, now - kidneys have their own games too (incl kidney dialysis) So, competing gets fairer" hope that makes sense now - what i meant?, and it is good to learn of other transplant too xx
That's ok, I was going to check back on your blog anyway Justine. Will leave my response to your response (hehe) over on your blog.
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