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How many people know that in order to donate vital organs to another person, you must be alive (although braindead) but alive and on life support? Many people do not realize that you must be alive to donate, and I am curious to see what people actually think happens?

Griz Bear-
You noted the point I was trying to make, I am a funeral director, and I have found that an inordinate amount of people do not realize that in order to donate (vital organs) you have to be on life support. Many people also think doctors won't try as hard to save you, when ironicly it seems they would have to work harder to save you in order for you to donate.

When we had to make a choice, we said NO, because it felt like torture to us. It is bad enough to have to have to make the decision to turn off life support, but then to be asked to give permission to have your loved one carved up alive! we just could not do it. My wife and I, and the rest of family said no. It was our 17 year old child.

Some of the other answerers seem to think this funny. It is not a joke!

So, when I donated my kidney I must of been dead too? Ms Embalmer - Sounds like you know it all, must have raised my back from the dead!! Report It

Um, genius, I DID NOT mean donation of live organs, I meant the choice people face when there loved one is on life support and asked to donate, NOT donation of a kidney. READ THE QUESTION NEXT TIME!!!! Report It

You're correct but you can also donate your organs for research and for that you don't have to be kept alive until harvest.

How do you donate your brain if you're brain dead..
If a chicken got my X's brain the bird would fly backwards and smash into something.

Of course you have to be alive, if your dead your organs are dead, therefore how would they be able to re-plant dead organs and expect them to all of a sudden be alive again? Dead person = no oxygen to the organs = not able to donate.

Sorry but that is not true. It's true that the doctors only have a short time to remove the organs and ice them down.
Most organ donors come from accident victims who were dead a good while (HOur or more)before their organs were removed. They don't have long but if they can cool down the bodies they can still get the organs

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