Sanjivan - The Organ Donation Blog

I am happy to note that the Rose Bowl Parade this year will have a float from Donate Life. The aim of the float is to create awareness and make everyone understand that there are over hundred thousand people waiting for an organ to be donated. The float will  feature “floragraphs” - portraits created with flowers and floral materials - of organ donors.

Bonnie Lundy-Kwan will be there in the float. A little background about her - She has received a heart transplant at the age of 17 and currently runs a non-profit agency called Transplants for Children. Her agency helps children find donors and also helps them post donation. Bonnie is from San Antonio and is also an endurance runner and an avid cyclist. For Bonnie, this float is special as her donor - Shay Ledbetter’s floragraph will be depected.

Look out for the float and let me know your feedback.

Wish you all a happy new year !

Living Donors make up almost 50% of all the donations in the U.S. Even though the term - “living donors” sounds simple, I would like to go little more in detail about what it means and how it means to you.

You and I can donate some of our organs and still remain healthy and live a long life. Not only we live healthy and long, we also help another person live long by donating our organ/tissue.

The following organs can be donated by living donors - kidney, liver, lung, intestine, pancreas.

I will go more in to details in the following days to come. If you have any questions meanwhile, please don’t hesitate to write a comment and I will surely respond to them.

The following organs can be donated.

• Heart
• Kidneys
• Liver
• Lungs
• Pancreas
• Small Intestine