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Surveys show that support for organ
and tissue donation is very high.

However, the same surveys also show that too few people ever
tell family members about their decision regarding donation.
Sharing your decision to be a donor is as important as making the
decision itself.

At the time of your death, your family will be asked about donation.
Sharing your decision with your family now will help them carry out
your decision later. If you have already signed a donor card or have
put a donor sticker on your drivers license, share this information
with your family now.

In August 2007, the Texas Department of State Health Services unveiled
the Glenda Dawson Donate Life Texas Registry website.  This website
allows individuals the opportunity to officially register as an organ donor
with the state of Texas and provides the individual with the assurance
that their intent to donate will be carried out upon death. 

If you have not made a personal pledge to be a donor, consider doing
the following:

1. Most importantly, talk to your family and friends about your wishes.
Make sure they understand that you wish to be a donor. Also, make
sure you understand the wishes of your loved ones;
2. If you'd like, sign and carry a donor card. Have your next of kin or
family members witness the card. Again, make sure to inform your
family members of your wish to be a donor.
3. Also, if you'd like, put a donor sticker on your drivers license if you
wish to be a donor, and make organ and tissue donation a stipulation
of your living will.

Making a decision about organ and tissue donation can be difficult
because it requires us to consider our own mortality and to talk about
death and dying. However, many people have gained some degree of
comfort by informing loved ones of their wishes so that the burden
of making a decision will not be placed on family members at such a
difficult time.

Talk to your family today about organ and tissue donation.
It is a chance for one final,
heroic act to turn a loss into a life-giving opportunity.

Glenda Dawson Donate Life Texas Registry (English): www.donatelifetexas.org
Glenda Dawson Donate Life Texas Registry (Espanol): www.donevidatexas.org