Discussion Response: Acknowledge their efforts and respond to the following posts, 150-200 words each.
This is a tricky topic. I can relate to this personally because I had a family member that was in need of an organ transplant. The current transplant list changes everyday due to patients. There can be a person who is in need of an organ transplant and have been on the list for months waiting, but a patient that just came into the hospital that day can beat them out on that list. I kind of lean both ways on the list just because I have a personal connection to it. My uncle was on a transplant list for a kidney and was told that he would get a kidney, but then someone came to the hospital with more severe health and ended up taking the kidney that was assigned to my uncle. Unfortunately, by time another kidney was available, my uncle had already passed. At the end of the day, I think that the list is unfair in some ways, but I personally would want someone that has a more severe health to have the organ transplant. It is hard to have a nationwide donation because an organ can only be out of a body for so long, so depending on the distance I think it should be an option to have the organs transported. It may be too far of a distance to transport an organ that is hours and hours away. A lot of people are unaware that they can be tested to see if they are a match to donate an organ for someone. I think that if others had more information about donating organs, that the numbers would go up for available organs. Jordan Slagle
I do believe that there should be a uniform policy for assigning organs to a person in need of one. It seems most practical to give an organ to the person who needs it the most, but sometimes that might not work out. I do agree that the person who needs the organ the most should receive it, but if the donor and the patient are very far apart it seems almost like a waste of an organ if it cannot make it to the patient in time for the transplant to be successful. I don't think organs should be available nationwide, just because of the fact that there is a limited time that an organ can be transported and remain a healthy transplant organ. If there is a certain radius between the donor and the patient, I think that will be a more practical way to make sure the organs remain as healthy transplant organs. I think if everyone knew the positive things that come from organ transplants, more people will agree to become donors. This topic should be something that everyone knows the importance of, and also the effects that donation an organ can have. Sydney Magoon