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Living Donation
Many lives are saved by living donation. In fact, almost as many kidneys were transplanted from living donors as from deceased donors in recent years. The following items are ways you can give while you are alive.
Blood: Did you know that donated blood is a critical part of successful organ transplants? Every 2 seconds someone in America needs blood. American Red Cross Pacific Northwest Regional Blood Services needs at least 1,000 blood donors every day to meet the medical needs of local patients. Individuals age 16 or older who are in good health and at least 110 pounds may donate blood and platelets with parental consent.
Find a blood drive near you!
Bone Marrow: Bone marrow transplantation has become the only real "cure" for many diseases: leukemia, anemias, lymphomas and other life-threatening blood diseases. Each year more than 30,000 people need a marrow transplant. Anyone ages 18-60 can become a marrow donor and it can be donated anonymously. Learn more about the National Marrow Donor Program or join the National Marrow Donor Registry today.
One Kidney: Did you know the human body can not only survive with just one kidney, but can function well? Because of this, living kidney donation is becoming more and more common. Most of the time biological family members are the best match for an organ. However, an increasing number of living kidney donors are friends or spouses. In Oregon, living kidney donation does occur between strangers. If you are interested in being an anonymous living kidney donor, click here to learn more or contact Ginny Baynes at 503-494-7856.
Partial Liver, Pancreas or Lung: When liver, pancreas or lung donors are living donors, only a segment of the donated organ is removed from the donor and transplanted into the recipient. The liver regenerates in size in both donor and recipient in 2-3 months.
Heart: Living individuals donate hearts only when they are the recipients of a heart and lung pair from a deceased donor. In such cases, the heart-lung recipient's healthy heart is transplanted into another patient awaiting a heart transplant.
Blood: Did you know that donated blood is a critical part of successful organ transplants? Every 2 seconds someone in America needs blood. American Red Cross Pacific Northwest Regional Blood Services needs at least 1,000 blood donors every day to meet the medical needs of local patients. Individuals age 16 or older who are in good health and at least 110 pounds may donate blood and platelets with parental consent.
Find a blood drive near you!
Bone Marrow: Bone marrow transplantation has become the only real "cure" for many diseases: leukemia, anemias, lymphomas and other life-threatening blood diseases. Each year more than 30,000 people need a marrow transplant. Anyone ages 18-60 can become a marrow donor and it can be donated anonymously. Learn more about the National Marrow Donor Program or join the National Marrow Donor Registry today.
One Kidney: Did you know the human body can not only survive with just one kidney, but can function well? Because of this, living kidney donation is becoming more and more common. Most of the time biological family members are the best match for an organ. However, an increasing number of living kidney donors are friends or spouses. In Oregon, living kidney donation does occur between strangers. If you are interested in being an anonymous living kidney donor, click here to learn more or contact Ginny Baynes at 503-494-7856.
Partial Liver, Pancreas or Lung: When liver, pancreas or lung donors are living donors, only a segment of the donated organ is removed from the donor and transplanted into the recipient. The liver regenerates in size in both donor and recipient in 2-3 months.
Heart: Living individuals donate hearts only when they are the recipients of a heart and lung pair from a deceased donor. In such cases, the heart-lung recipient's healthy heart is transplanted into another patient awaiting a heart transplant.
