A big day for donors in the WSJ
It's remarkable on its own that Mark Foster saved his father's life with a liver donation -- but even more amazing is that he got ink (lots of it) on the front page of the Wall Street Journal this weekend. The in-depth story about his journey, "The High Price of Keeping Dad Alive," is accessible only if you buy the paper this weekend or if you are a subscriber to the Web site ($79-$99/year).
But God bless it, most of the Web is free free free, including Mark's outstanding blog, SaveFoster.com. I'm adding a perma-link in the "other blogs" list to the right. (I'm also adding a link to Josh Carpenter's blog. He's a PSC survivor and transplant recipient who gets to celebrate his first "transpliversary" in just a couple of months. )
Also, note that Mark encountered some financial hardship as a result of donating. (Now that his blog is front-page WSJ news, I presume his financial woes will soon be addressed by the sympathetic high-income readers, and definitely hope so!) It's worth pointing out that this is exactly why I want to launch the Greatest Gift Foundation -- to assist would-be donors financially so they can worry instead about what matters most: giving, healing, and moving on. I can't move fast enough but have so little time!
Thanks to McNarney and Amy Willis for pointing out the WSJ story.
But God bless it, most of the Web is free free free, including Mark's outstanding blog, SaveFoster.com. I'm adding a perma-link in the "other blogs" list to the right. (I'm also adding a link to Josh Carpenter's blog. He's a PSC survivor and transplant recipient who gets to celebrate his first "transpliversary" in just a couple of months. )
Also, note that Mark encountered some financial hardship as a result of donating. (Now that his blog is front-page WSJ news, I presume his financial woes will soon be addressed by the sympathetic high-income readers, and definitely hope so!) It's worth pointing out that this is exactly why I want to launch the Greatest Gift Foundation -- to assist would-be donors financially so they can worry instead about what matters most: giving, healing, and moving on. I can't move fast enough but have so little time!
Thanks to McNarney and Amy Willis for pointing out the WSJ story.
posted by Becky at
9:41 AM
3 Comments:
I just came across your blog...and I want to say thank you for promoting organ donation. I have always been a donor, but I never thought much about it until my child was born 3 1/2 years ago with a life threatening liver disease...Biliary Atresia. She was rapidly declining when she received the gift of life at the age of 7 months from a 17 year old girl (unfortunately it had to be a cadaveric donor). The power of organ donation saved my baby girl, and today she is a vibrant energetic, sassy 3 1/2 year old.
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angie, at 2:16 PM
I also just came across your blog. My sister in Florida sent me an article that was in the St. Pete Times. I think it was an excerpt of the WSJ article, which I have yet to see. Why did she send it to me......well, 20 months ago I donated part of my liver to my sister. I wish I had thought of blogging then. I have spent the last 20 months with lots of mixed emotions, mostly because I've had nobody to talk to that understood what it feels like to be on this side. I can wait to start at the beginning.
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Anonymous, at 8:41 PM
Kim, feel free to email me any time. About blogging, about your experience as a past donor, anything. greatest-gift@hotmail.com. Thanks for leaving a comment!
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Becky, at 2:16 PM
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