You never know whose life you may save when you register to be a vital organ donor.
In the time it takes to read this column, four new names will be added to the more than 104,000 people currently on the national transplant list.
Shannon and Renee, both 43 now, went from best friends in kindergarten all the way through college graduation together in Washington state. All those sleepovers at each other’s homes, family vacations together and midnight talks about old boyfriends and new ones made them closer than sisters. Why did she hear from Renee’s mother, second-hand, that her daughter had finally decided she couldn’t wait any longer for a deceased donor liver transplant, and had been accepted at a hospital that does living donor liver transplants?
There could be only one reason Renee hadn’t called. She didn’t want Shannon to feel an obligation to be a donor. Giving someone 60% of your liver was a big ask, even for your oldest friend. “I donated part of my liver to a stranger in exchange for another stranger donating hers to Renee,” Shannon said. “Donor chains are done for kidney transplants a lot, but are quite rare for liver transplants.”
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