April is Donate Life Month, By Gov. Heineman
Friday, April 3rd, 2009 Posted in Public Awareness | No Comments »Dear Fellow Nebraskans: Nebraskans have a strong history of willingness to help a neighbor in need. That willingness was underscored this week with the announcement of two significant milestones in our state. First, the Department of Motor Vehicles reported that more than 50 percent of the licensed drivers in Nebraska are now registered organ donors. Second, [...]
Agencies honor Organ Donors by flying Donate Life flags
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 Posted in In the News, Public Awareness | No Comments »Omaha, Neb- Flags Across America, a Donate Life America initiative being sponsored by the Nebraska Organ and Tissue Donor Coalition and Nebraska Organ Recovery System celebrates the hundreds of thousands of donors and recipients whose lives have been impacted by organ, eye and tissue donation. It rallies every donor hospital and transplant center, as well [...]
Catholic teaching on organ donation
Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in In the News, Public Awareness | No Comments »Given the importance of this matter, I would like to offer several clarifications from the perspective of Catholic moral teaching..
Thanks to an organ donor … Sharon and her children are full of LIFE
Saturday, September 6th, 2008 Posted in Public Awareness | No Comments »AT THE YOUNG age of 18, Sharon was diagnosed with a degenerative liver disease. “ I remember thinking…I have so much more to do with my life. I wanted to go to college, get married and have children, ” recalls Sharon.
Thanks to an organ donor … Daisy is full of LIFE
Saturday, September 6th, 2008 Posted in Public Awareness | No Comments »FROM THE DAY SHE WAS BORN with a serious intestinal abnormality, Daisy’s life was full of surgeries, hospitals, feeding tubes and medical procedures. When her liver began to fail, Daisy’s only hope for survival was a transplant. Thanks to the generous gift of an organ donor, today Daisy is full of LIFE! This bubbly 5-year old loves [...]
Thanks to an organ donor … Sarah is full of LIFE
Saturday, September 6th, 2008 Posted in Public Awareness | No Comments »Playing sports was never an option for Sarah. Born with congenital heart defects, she had her first open heart surgery at 5 months old. By age 14, she’d had 7 surgeries and hundreds of hospital visits. Still, her heart was so weak, doctors told her parents she wouldn’t live much longer without a heart transplant. Because [...]
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