UPDATE: a newly established charity has been set up in memory of my cousin: 'My Butterfly Family' aiming to help children who has lost a parent and similarly parents who have lost a child due to not receiving their gift - an organ transplant.
For more information, please visit: www.mybutterflyfamily.weebly.com

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*ORGAN DONATION*
Would you recieve an organ if you needed one?

IF YOU BELIEVE IN RECEIVING/DONATING AN ORGAN PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

According to the NHS organ donation, (2012) Only 31% of the populaion have joined the organ donor register.Within England and Wales, in 2011 there were 484,367 deaths registered.

To understand the importance of becoming an organ donor that meant there were approximatly 2906202 organs wasted in 2011 alone based on each donor providing 6 organs each. (Office for National Statistics, 2012)

My Story

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IN 2010 MY AUNTIE LOST HER BATTLE, LATER THAT YEAR MY DEAR COUSIN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH EXACTLY THE SAME CARDIAC CONDITION.

MY COUSIN WAS ONLY 33 YEARS OLD, HAS 2 AMAZING LITTLE BOYS AND HAD SO MUCH TO FIGHT FOR.

HOWEVER, HE DIDNT RECIEVE THE HEART HE MUCH NEEDED AND SADLY SLIPPED AWAY FROM US 2-01-2013.

THE LAST FEW MONTHS OF HIS LIFE CONSISTED OF LIVING IN HOSPITAL, ON A TRANSPLANT UNIT WHICH WAS FAR FROM HOME MEANING FEW VISITORS WERE ABLE TO TRAVEL THE DISTANCE, ESPECIALLY HIS CHILDREN.

HE WAS UNABLE TO LEAVE THE HISPITAL UNTIL/IF A HEART BECAME AVAIABLE. HE WAS COVERED IN BRUISES, ON ENDLESS MEDEICATOIN, CONSTANTLY HOOKED UP TO MACHINES MEANING HE COULD NOT HAVE A BATH OR A SHOWER, SOMETHING WE DAILY TAKE FOR GRANTED.

All his pain, suffering and loneliness could have been limited if a donor heart was available! YOU CAN BE A HERO AND SAVE LIVES. #liveon

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YOU CAN CHOOSE WHAT TO DONATE!!!!! (Stage 2 of registration)
Please dont delay, "I'll register tomorrow".... TOMORROW COULD BE TOO LATE
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The feeling of being desperate for an organ will not hit untill you or a loved one is in the position of needing an organ to survive.

Part of you will always live on once registering to the organ donor register. BE A HERO

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LUKE 6:38:

"Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full--pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back."

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Wednesday 12 December 2012

He has had the surgery

So my cousin ended up waiting till Monday the 10th December 2012 for his repair surgery. He went down at 7.10am and didn't come out till gone 5pm. However during surgery he suffered a cardiac arrest :-( Minus a few complications it went fairly well however he is now on an Intensive Care Ward. He is basically on life support as it has now been discovered he is in renal failure too. Is this a sign to tell us it is his time to go? How on earth are we meant to deal with facing this? He was, in our eyes, doing OK whilst awaiting for a heart and now he has undergone repair surgery due to there not being a heart available and he is worse off!!! How is this right!? Upon hearing the news i simply turned round and said "well just give him new kidneys and a new heart!"....IF ONLY IT WAS THAT SIMPLE!!! It has been 2 days now and my cousin is still fighting however knowing there is absolutely nothing we can do is killing us too!
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