Organ Donation
So far, I’ve heard back from one of Corey’s kidney recipients. She also received his pancreas. She says he cured her diabetes and she no longer has to have dialysis.
I heard back from his liver recipient. His liver failed. But not before her life was extended enough for her to receive another… she is alive and doing well now.
His heart recipient lives here in the KC area. Its always been her dream to work with at-risk girls. Corey’s heart has given her this chance. She’s a grandmother, and the same age my mother was when she died of heart disease.
Corey saved 2 more lives and gave sight to 2 more. I’ve yet to hear from them.
This was in Dear Abby today.
TO REMEMBER ME by Robert Test
“At a certain moment a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that, for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped.
“When that happens, do not attempt to instill artificial life into my body by the use of a machine. And don’t call this my ‘deathbed.’ Call it my ‘bed of life,’ and let my body be taken from it to help others lead fuller lives.
“Give my sight to a man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby’s face or love in the eyes of a woman.
“Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused nothing but endless days of pain.
“Give my blood to the teenager who has been pulled from the wreckage of his car, so that he might live to see his grandchildren play.
“Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to exist from week to week.
“Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my body and find a way to make a crippled child walk.
“Explore every corner of my brain. Take my cells, if necessary, and let them grow so that someday a speechless boy will shout at the crack of a bat and a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her windows.
“Burn what is left of me and scatter the ashes to the winds to help the flowers grow.
“If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses and all my prejudice against my fellow man.
“Give my soul to God. If by chance you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or word to someone who needs you. If you do all I have asked, I will live forever.”
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