We got a call yesterday morning that one of my patients who was very close to losing a battle to liver cancer was first call for a liver transplant last night. The transplant surgeon took me with him for the organ procurement, an operation I've only seen once before. It was spectacular. I scrubbed into the 3 1/2 surgery with some of the top surgeon's in Chicago. It was amazing to watch a liver team, a heart team, a lung team all diligently work for hours on end. It had been years since I have had the opportunity to touch a beating heart, perfect lungs and a young, healthy liver. I watched (and like to think assisted a little bit) as each team delicately removed an organ and took it back to their own hospital to save another life. One woman saved at least 4 lives last night. One of which was my patient.
Please don't forget to discuss organ donation with your family. Fill out your state's required paper work. Here are websites for my frequent visitors.
Michigan:
https://services.sos.state.mi.us/OrganDonor/Registry.aspx
Illinois:
https://www.ilsos.gov/organdonorregister/
or www.lifegoeson.org
Wisconsin:
https://www.donatelifewisconsin.com/donate.html
3 comments:
What about Minnesota?? http://www.donatelifemn.org/
How terribly exciting this must have been!!!!
sorry dani! i didn't know you actually read this!!
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