Where does the time go????

Oct. 10th already????? 3875 views later....WOW!!!!... 10 months ago at this very moment I was in surgery.. How time flies... I am feeling better than ever.. Milton is doing AWESOME also... God is GREAT!!!!! Our story will be featured in LifeShare Oklahoma's Article on Thanksgiving Day, it will be 8 pages of amazing organ donor stories...Published in over 60 newspapers across Oklahoma... Talk about Raising Awareness...YES!!!!!.. I hope our story inspires many and allows people to see that one can live a normal everyday life with one kidney, Donor and Recipent.

As I tell people our story and share my blog address I learn of more people everyday that are in need of a Kidney ... I was visiting in Enid at my bank and one of the bank employees best friend, Julie Sloan, has been on a transplant list for two years...I am working on getting her story to share. I started going to a new dentist, Josh Brasher in Edmond, somehow my story came up, as it often does, and found out he too will need a kidney in the future. I went home and told my daughter Chelbi about our new dentist that she will be meeting soon. I also told her about him needing a kidney. She stood and asked "how old does someone have to be in order to be a living kidney donor???" I am pretty sure she will be following in my footsteps when she is able to do so. :)

Can't there be a national or state register for living organ donors, like the one they have for bone marrow. Just a thought, I have tons of those.. LOL... Always thinking... Just trying to find a solution for all the people in need of a lifesaver. The numbers are so high :(

Statistics

Statistics About Organ And Tissue Donation And Transplantation

National

Current Waiting List Candidates	118,500 (As of June 13, 2013)
Transplants in 2012	28,051
Living Donors in 2012	5,870
Deceased Donors in 2012	8,143

Oklahoma

Current Waiting List Candidates	865 (As of June 13, 2013)
Transplants in 2012	278
Living Donors in 2012	42
Deceased Donors in 2012	94

2010

	More than 120,000 Americans were waiting for lifesaving organ transplants in 2011; 863 of them were Oklahomans
	More than 6,953 Americans died waiting for lifesaving organ transplants in 2012; 65 of them were Oklahomans
	Every 11 minutes another name is added to the national organ transplant waiting list
	Every day, 18 Americans die waiting for an organ transplant

For more statistics please use the following link http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/. This link will also give you statistics for each state and other useful transplant related statistics.

This is as of Today from the Link Above... Click on it and See What the numbers are when you read this... Post in a comment if you would like :)

Waiting list candidates 120,148 as of today 10:42am

Active waiting list candidates 77,136 as of today 10:42am

Transplants January - July 2013 16,669 as of 10/04/2013

Donors January - July 2013 8,215 as of 10/04/2013

Look for LifeShare Oklahoma's Section in the newspaper on Thanksgiving Day, if you don't live in Oklahoma feel free to contact me and I can get a copy to you! cynthia.decker@ymail.com 

While you are with your family during the upcoming holidays discuss your wishes of being an organ donor... Thank You for taking the time to read my blog... Sharring it is one way of making a difference and Raising Awareness... You don't have to be a living donor in order to be an advacate and make a difference!!!!

God Bless!!!!!

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