Sarah Sonn

And I will say that's a really unique thing.

I almost feel

sad for families who lose a loved one and don't have someone from LifeSource to help them through the process.

A lot of our staff are former chaplains, social workers, so they really can help guide through grief and loss beyond just the organ donation process.

Yeah, great question, Stan.

So kidney disease is so prevalent.

So that's a big contributor to the need for kidneys.

And it's also part of the reason that the wait list is about 60% people of color.

Susan, anything else you would add about why kidneys are such a big part of the wait list?

Susan, I'd also add that, you know, the United States is, along with Spain, the two top organ donation and procurement systems in the world.

So we're often sharing best practices and

teaching to other countries, you know, really wanting to help elevate the programs and the systems in other parts of the world.

So that's really, I'd say where we collaborate most is sharing learnings.

Yeah, that's such a great question, one that we get often.

The answer is very few things would actually disqualify you.

So that's why going back to what we talked about early, always check that box.

At the end of your life, your health will be evaluated.

the only thing that is an automatic disqualifier really is active cancer.

Um, if you have diabetes, there are, you know, other things that we could potentially use, uh, you know, certain organs that'll still be healthy enough.

Um, so active cancer really is the only one.