On Wednesday my parents and I attended a Rose Dedication Ceremony to honor my Uncle Don for his organ donation this past spring. On New Years Day a rose in his honor will be included in Donate Life’s Family Circle Rose Float called “Life Takes Flight.”
Last March my uncle’s weak heart gave out from congestive heart failure. I came home a couple weeks early from South Africa to be with my family. It was my uncle’s desire to be an organ donor. It was an amazing and intense experience going through the organ donation process with the hospital and the doctors. My dad and I were in the operating room with my uncle when they removed life support. I was then with him two days later when he passed away and entered the presence of Jesus. I made it to the hospital less then ten minutes before he took his last breath.
It was emotional and meaningful to return to UC Irvine Medical Center this week. It was special to see some of the doctors and organ donation personnel who walked through those difficult few days with our family. Some we didn’t even remember in the fog and grief of those days.
While we miss my uncle deeply, we are grateful to know his organs gave life to others!
Here is a website that shares more about the Rose Parade float:
http://www.donatelifefloat.org/prod/components/media_center/media_kit/pr_111907.html
Last March my uncle’s weak heart gave out from congestive heart failure. I came home a couple weeks early from South Africa to be with my family. It was my uncle’s desire to be an organ donor. It was an amazing and intense experience going through the organ donation process with the hospital and the doctors. My dad and I were in the operating room with my uncle when they removed life support. I was then with him two days later when he passed away and entered the presence of Jesus. I made it to the hospital less then ten minutes before he took his last breath.
It was emotional and meaningful to return to UC Irvine Medical Center this week. It was special to see some of the doctors and organ donation personnel who walked through those difficult few days with our family. Some we didn’t even remember in the fog and grief of those days.
While we miss my uncle deeply, we are grateful to know his organs gave life to others!
Here is a website that shares more about the Rose Parade float:
http://www.donatelifefloat.org/prod/components/media_center/media_kit/pr_111907.html
1 comments:
That is great and a miracle and I am so greatflull for the people that decides to donate their organs. I am the recipient of a heart six months ago and now I have a new life.
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