Sarah Sonn

You know, nobody's going to want mine.

We hear that a lot.

And that's actually not true.

The oldest organ donor was 98 years old.

So you can be

much later in life and still give and still help others.

So our message really is let the doctors decide, check that box and, you know, you'll be evaluated, you know, at the end of your life, what you can give to others.

And then tissue donation, you know, people have donated tissue, bone, things like that well into their hundreds.

So don't rule yourself out.

Check that box.

Another big one is, you know, I am not healthy enough.

You know, maybe you had cancer in the past or,

didn't eat well, you know, in your younger years, that again, that stuff, medical advances, that none of that precludes you from being a donor.

There's so many innovations that have happened to allow doctors to really, you know, enhance the health of organs and use organs that, you know, maybe that we couldn't use 20 years ago.

So again, check that box.

Don't rule yourself out.

Yeah, great question.

And kidney, the need for kidneys is really high, about 80% of that wait list.

So like I said, about 2,300 people in our area, over 100,000 nationally are waiting for an organ transplant and about 80% are for kidneys.

So if you find yourself in need of a kidney and you get listed at a local transplant center, you know, then essentially you're waiting.