But out of a horrible car accident that took her life came something good, or at least something comforting to me and my wife: We donated Melissa's tissue, skin, bone, corneas, and heart valve. In her tragic and untimely death, she gave life - or a better quality of life - to more than 25 people.
Our family fully appreciates the incredible gift of organ and tissue donation. In addition to Melissa's donations, I received a corneal transplant in 1987. I'm able to see today because of it. And perhaps a burn patient or soldier home from Afghanistan is having a better quality of life today because of Melissa's tissue.
It is because of our family's experiences that I wholeheartedly believe in organ and tissue donation, and that's why I am doing everything I can to help pass House Bill 30/Senate Bill 850 - the Donate Life PA Act. Right now, more than 8,440 people in Pennsylvania are on a transplant waiting list, and that number has been rising.
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"You have the power to SAVE lives."
To register as a donor TODAY
In California:
www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org | www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org
Outside California:
www.organdonor.gov | www.donatelife.net
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