Why you should say no to being an organ donor

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I worked in an ICU for many a year in transplant center, and surgeons do believe it is optimum to harvest the organs before removing life support. Not just hearts either. Corneas are the only exception. After the brain death is diagnosed, the family has to consent to the patient being turned off. For example if a patient is an organ donor, and is diagnosed with brain death, the family can opt to keep the patient alive. They don't have to be turned off based on their organ donor status.
 
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Thank you for your post. It is very informative. We should be able to decide on our own with regard to our body and organs even after the "brain dead."
And you are, that's why the author suggests a durable power of attorney (and a preliminary no on the organ donor status)-- in the hands of someone you trust to make the decision for you. As I said above, organ retrieval companies and surgeons don't get carte blanche to do that just because of what's on your drivers license.
 
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They did this to my six year old nephew.
They definitely lied to his parents.

He wasn’t in the slightest bit brain dead.
He was six years old and children’s hospital said he could have recovered given time.

They gave him 6 days and not months.

I took off the option from my license.
 
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