Organ donors are poised to give others the gift of life

By Ira Zunin

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 15, 2012

~~<p>Tis the season to count our blessings and give. We have all been blessed, but sometimes it's difficult to see, especially when we are grieving the loss of a loved one or grappling with illness or injury.</p>
<p>In Hawaii an estimated 400 patients are in end-stage organ failure waiting for a lifesaving organ. Nationally there are an estimated 116,000 patients in the same condition. Millions more are in need of life-restorative tissue for abdominal repairs, burn dressings, bone to repair fractures and prevent amputation, heart valves and veins for cardiac bypass surgery, corneas to end blindness, and the list goes on.</p>
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Tis the season to count our blessings and give. We have all been blessed, but sometimes it's difficult to see, especially when we are grieving the loss of a loved one or grappling with illness or injury.

In Hawaii an estimated 400 patients are in end-stage organ failure waiting for a lifesaving organ. Nationally there are an estimated 116,000 patients in the same condition. Millions more are in need of life-restorative tissue for abdominal repairs, burn dressings, bone to repair fractures and prevent amputation, heart valves and veins for cardiac bypass surgery, corneas to end blindness, and the list goes on. Login for more...