Review of Heartland in the Los Angeles Times

[Guest guest]

Ms. McNamara,

I can understand that you might not like the show " Heartland " . I can

understand that it may not compare favorably to the show " House " .

However I was very dismayed at your remarks regarding organ transplants

in your 6/18/07 article reviewing " Heartland " . You even objected to the

references to " organs " . Yikes. You objected to being exposed to any part

of organ transplantations. Apparently everything about organ

transplantations makes you squeamish.

None of us knows if we will ever need to be an organ transplant

recipient. Unfortunately, a few of us are fairly certain we (or someone

we love) will need an organ transplant one day. So we know a thing or

two about organ transplants & organ donations. We know how hard it is to

get an organ and we know that lots of people die while waiting for an

organ. We were hoping that " Heartland " may inspire more people to become

registered organ donors. But with your review of the show, and your

comments on organs and transplants you may have single-handedly killed

the show and killed the chance that a few more people may register as

organ donors.

For the record, this is where I registered to become an organ donor (and

where I hope you will register as well):

http://www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org. Yes, a person can be a registered

organ donor at the same time as needing a new organ. I have plenty of

organs that are fine. And hopefully I'll never need a new liver; but if

I do, I hope I get one.

-Marie