Re: gift of life...town

[Guest guest]

I wonder about environmental issues related to this since I lived in

Bethlehem for years and already had this before moving here. Jean

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> Joyce, I too lived near town and graduated from Central

Catholic

> High School in 1966. Small world!!

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> Kathy from Fl.

> PF......4/07

> Wtg for call for lung tx.

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> > Jeane

> > is hazelton near allentown?

> > many, many years ago i lived in allentown -- 1968/69

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> > Patti

> > Gift of  Life had a table at a Phillies game in the fall

> > I went to the table and helped give stuff out and talked to a lot

> of people

> > got the literature and contacted them

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> > it was amazing as to how many people would come up to me and say

> that they are organ donors and a lot of them even took out their

> driver's licenses to show me

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> > what i didn't know before that day is about tissue donors

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> > i said to someone in charge that i didn't think anyone would want

> my organs due to disease and medication

> > she said that they could still use the tissues

> > i learned more about tissue donation at the workshop on tuesday

> night

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> > corneas, bone, skin, valves, veins, etc

> > a lot of the tissue donations enhance lives, instead of saving

> them, except for skin for burn victims

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> > i said to this lady that i wear glasses so why would someone want

> my corneas?

> > she said that some vision is better than no vision

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> > it made sense to me

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> > the Gift of Life is also planning a " Family House " -- similar to

> Mc House.  It will be a place for families of

transplant

> patients to stay while tx pts are in the hospital --

> > especially important because of the cost of the hotel rooms in

> downtown phila that are near the big med centers

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> > Pink Joyce IPF 3/06  Pennsylvania

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