tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500648.post1817454237704005909..comments2023-10-08T02:34:16.288-07:00Comments on Confessional Highway: Bittersweetdeezeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829679415032937346noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500648.post-16990171642657552832015-08-16T07:15:29.700-07:002015-08-16T07:15:29.700-07:00Hi This is fantastic and is a legitimate good post...Hi This is fantastic and is a legitimate good post . I think it will assist me a lot inside the related stuff and is significantly useful for me.Wonderfully written I appreciate & must say good job..<a href="http://www.office-bargains.com/" rel="nofollow">ft lauderdale office cubicles<br /> </a> Zemkarloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15937201677301365006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500648.post-22121444991852934782007-02-05T19:51:00.000-08:002007-02-05T19:51:00.000-08:00That would be a tough one for me, too. I am glad y...That would be a tough one for me, too. I am glad your friend is doing well. Organ donation is something very difficult for me (for a multitude of reasons). One of the positives is that something good can come out of something tragic. It is indeed the cycle of life.QThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15544956727530046973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500648.post-7306569248835660602007-02-05T19:39:00.000-08:002007-02-05T19:39:00.000-08:00What an illustration of this cycle of life. How o...What an illustration of this cycle of life. How often do we recognize life and death so intertwined. Wonderful piece.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058447022953846355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500648.post-50887964546829427002007-02-05T09:18:00.000-08:002007-02-05T09:18:00.000-08:00As a former Intensive care nurse I know the bitter...As a former Intensive care nurse I know the bittersweet feelings that transplanting can bring. It is tragic that someone loses their life and others receive life. I'm thrilled for your friend Jim, his new life is just beginning, free from the restraints of his disease, and like you, I feel for the family who lost someone close to them. It is so hard to get your head round I know, life moves on though, for everyone.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215922110541205941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500648.post-77749247795342857822007-02-04T20:55:00.000-08:002007-02-04T20:55:00.000-08:00oh, wow. yes. as i started reading it all i could...oh, wow. yes. as i started reading it all i could think was, but from whom did those lungs come...and all that goes with.<br /><br />and how we give gifts in death that are often more crucial than in life. and in that way, we carry on and on.<br /><br />am so happy to hear Jim is well and doing well and breathing freshly drawn air.Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500648.post-68606663251860300302007-02-04T11:05:00.000-08:002007-02-04T11:05:00.000-08:00I just saw an old episode of Grey's Anatomy last n...I just saw an old episode of Grey's Anatomy last night that illustrated the pain and heartache on both sides of the organ donor equation.<br /><br />Kudos to the family who in their moment of grief and despair thought of someone other than themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500648.post-77585298201327355692007-02-03T10:00:00.000-08:002007-02-03T10:00:00.000-08:00There are so many sides to this.. and, as you said...There are so many sides to this.. and, as you said, it's complex. I am certainly glad Jim got a suitable donor. I like to think his donor very consciously chose to leave this behind. <br /><br /><br />Peace, <br /><br />~Chanithailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500648.post-15498718780435223602007-02-02T14:28:00.000-08:002007-02-02T14:28:00.000-08:00Hi DeeZee and Kristen...
It is a circle of life -...Hi DeeZee and Kristen...<br /><br />It is a circle of life -- and in all of the joy a recipient, their family and friends experience, sometimes it's difficult to remember there is a family out in the world who is devastated -- but that family reached out and saved the life of someone you love...<br /><br />I understand both feelings... I waited for lungs for almost three years -- I had four "false alarms" before a beautiful girl from Iowa saved my life... Every time we drove to the hospital -- I thought as you did, that there was a family out there reeling in pain... But the amazing thing was that family was reaching out to help someone in need... Five families are in my prayers -- and one beautiful smile is there when I close my eyes... My donor, Kari, was 17 years old -- she was healthy as a horse, but she told her family twice in the month before she passed how strongly she felt about organ donation... I'm alive because of her.<br /><br />My princess helped me build a little website in her honor -- it's at: <a href="http://www.ClimbingForKari.org/">www.ClimbingForKari.org</a><br /><br />I hope Jim does well -- I hope his recovery and life with new lungs is as magnificent as mine has been...<br /><br />Kristin -- I'm proud of you for resisiting that urge... I hope you live a long and happy life -- organs and tissue can be donated until a ripe old age -- I hope you'll let someone borrow yours when you're finished with them... Even if you make it to 90 and they can use your corneas -- can you imagine someone seeing the face of a loved one for the first time in a decade? Or, perhaps their child or grandchild for the first time ever?<br /><br />Organ donation is a magical thing -- Be someone's hero... And whatever you do, tell your family and your loved ones your feeling...<br /><br />I know a beautiful girl from Iowa who knew how she felt and told her family -- I think about her every single day.<br /><br />Love,<br /><br />SteveBreathinStevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13425167024998690437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25500648.post-67712169802493985542007-02-02T13:16:00.000-08:002007-02-02T13:16:00.000-08:00I was looking at the back of my license the other ...I was looking at the back of my license the other day and I'd checked off all organs in the event that my organs became available. As I looked at the checked box, I had to resist the urge to white-out my first response, somehow selfishly not wanting to admit to my own mortality.<br /><br />I'm so very glad for your friend Jim and hope for his continued recovery and that he can get back to his life, which sounds very full of life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com