The mission statement of Live Life then Give Life is
“To save and improve the lives of all those in need or receipt of organ and tissue transplants. The charity exists to improve education and awareness of organ donation and to fund projects that increase the numbers of successful transplants in the UK.”
LLTGF Website
I can’t remember exactly when I went on the organ donor register, but I remember it being when I was in primary school. I think I found out about it being bored in a doctor’s waiting room one day where they often have leaflets about the NHS Organ Donor Register with the organ donor card to carry in your purse or wallet.
I remember telling my Mum at that age, that if I was to die I wanted my organs to be donated to someone who needed them (‘Don’t say that Laura! I don’t want you to die‘ I think was probably her immediate response when I approached the subject aged around 10!)
I haven’t had any close contact with transplant patients or donors. The closest it came to was when my friend’s newborn son very quickly developed an infection where doctors at the RACH in Aberdeen were ready for flying him down to London for a liver transplant. Thankfully God intervened, and one wasn’t needed though he and his Mummy spent a while in the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit. He’s now a healthy toddler.
Over the last couple of years though I’ve followed The Lawrensons’ blogs, when Tricia got her double lung transplant after her beautiful daughter Gwyneth was born. Nathan has often pointed us towards other inspiring stories of people with CF. It was through following Eva Markvoort’s twitter feed that I discovered the Live Life then Give Life charity when they started the Save Jess campaign.
That has made me more convinced on how important it is to be on the organ donor register.
And if anything this year has taught me that we really don’t know how long we have on earth. Which is why I’ve had the conversations with my Mum about dying. They are important conversations to have. As my next of kin she would have to sign permission to agree for my organs to be donated.
If you look at the stories on the LLTGL website, one of the saddest things is the number of people who die after years of waiting for a transplant.
So if you haven’t already, I’d really encourage you to get educated, and if you feel it is something you want to do…join the organ donor register in your country. And make your wishes known to your family.
Links connected to this charity:
Live Life then Give Life Website
NHS Organ Donor Register (UK only)
Live Life then Give Life on Twitter
Live Life then Give Life on facebook
Donate to Live Life then Give Life via JustGiving













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