Sheridan Nygaard

Comment, we've also been discussing disparities mostly in terms of race and ethnicity. And obviously we have work to be done in the racial and ethnic disparities. For example, the maternal mortality rates is much higher for black women in the US. And I'd like to push a conversation more towards intersectionality. With the maternal mortality example, these patients are black and women.

This is two groups that have disparities separate, but together they compound. Um, and in our research from, I don't remember who did our research. I think it was Aaron or Maddie. Somebody did some lovely research. Maddie. Thank you, Maddie.

This is two groups that have disparities separate, but together they compound. Um, and in our research from, I don't remember who did our research. I think it was Aaron or Maddie. Somebody did some lovely research. Maddie. Thank you, Maddie.

Um, it's also pride month and our research showed that black and or trans Minnesotans reported the highest rate of unfair treatment by healthcare providers, uh, How do we address the compounding effects of disparities for individuals that exist in these intersections between race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, sexual identity?

Um, it's also pride month and our research showed that black and or trans Minnesotans reported the highest rate of unfair treatment by healthcare providers, uh, How do we address the compounding effects of disparities for individuals that exist in these intersections between race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, sexual identity?

Black and trans people are going to have a much different experience than white cisgendered. And how do we address these compounding effects?

Black and trans people are going to have a much different experience than white cisgendered. And how do we address these compounding effects?

Yeah, unfortunately, I would say I do have a lot of insight on the process of organ donation, not as a recipient or donor myself, although I am registered as a donor on my license. And I encourage anybody that is willing and able to as well. Just check your license, see if you're registered. And next time you get it renewed, consider adding yourself if you're not. But my aunt last summer said,

Yeah, unfortunately, I would say I do have a lot of insight on the process of organ donation, not as a recipient or donor myself, although I am registered as a donor on my license. And I encourage anybody that is willing and able to as well. Just check your license, see if you're registered. And next time you get it renewed, consider adding yourself if you're not. But my aunt last summer said,

became very ill. She had Graves disease and she had a thyroid problem and she's in the hospital and she ended up aspirating and her heart just kind of went out and she still had some brain activity. So they ended up getting her heart working again, but she had very, very little brain activity. And so this was over several months of, you know, back and forth about

became very ill. She had Graves disease and she had a thyroid problem and she's in the hospital and she ended up aspirating and her heart just kind of went out and she still had some brain activity. So they ended up getting her heart working again, but she had very, very little brain activity. And so this was over several months of, you know, back and forth about

What what does it mean to be a human being at a certain point when you've lost all capability to really exist without a ventilator and everything? And ultimately, as a family, we decided and also it was in her will, living will. So I also encourage you to make sure that, you know, you have all of your your.

What what does it mean to be a human being at a certain point when you've lost all capability to really exist without a ventilator and everything? And ultimately, as a family, we decided and also it was in her will, living will. So I also encourage you to make sure that, you know, you have all of your your.

eyes dotted and your t's crossed in your living will with your wishes um and we determined that it would be best to let her peacefully pass and we were approached by life source to have her be an organ donor and we she had not previously indicated on her license but she had indicated it in her living will so that made it a little bit easier but it also complicated things not having it directly on her license so again i encourage you if you support this to put this on your license um

eyes dotted and your t's crossed in your living will with your wishes um and we determined that it would be best to let her peacefully pass and we were approached by life source to have her be an organ donor and we she had not previously indicated on her license but she had indicated it in her living will so that made it a little bit easier but it also complicated things not having it directly on her license so again i encourage you if you support this to put this on your license um

and I the whole process it happened over a day after we took her off the ventilator and I'm sure that the the team can speak to this a little bit more but they don't actually they they had her pass naturally so they don't actually give you anything to pass and if you don't pass in a certain time frame they actually can't harvest your organs and so that's I really want to

and I the whole process it happened over a day after we took her off the ventilator and I'm sure that the the team can speak to this a little bit more but they don't actually they they had her pass naturally so they don't actually give you anything to pass and if you don't pass in a certain time frame they actually can't harvest your organs and so that's I really want to

emphasize the statistic that less than 1% of donors end up meeting the extremely specific criteria to donate their organs. It's a very, very specific criteria. However, even if all of your organs cannot be harvested, your eye tissue and other tissues can still be harvested. So this is still going to help so many people with the gift of eyesight, the gift of tissue can help

emphasize the statistic that less than 1% of donors end up meeting the extremely specific criteria to donate their organs. It's a very, very specific criteria. However, even if all of your organs cannot be harvested, your eye tissue and other tissues can still be harvested. So this is still going to help so many people with the gift of eyesight, the gift of tissue can help

countless people, but really the organs are very difficult to procure from my understanding. And throughout the entire process, LifeSource made us feel so much more comfortable. They answered our questions every step of the way. They were next to her bed with us when we were saying goodbye. They gave her, I think, what they call a hero walk as they took her off.