FutureCarmeliteClaire Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 How old would you have to be in order to donate a kidney, lung, etc? Don't ask questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightofChrist Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Don't ask questions. Ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darcy15 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Parental consent would be required under the age of 18yrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureCarmeliteClaire Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 Parental consent would be required under the age of 18yrs. Seems legit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissyP89 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groo the Wanderer Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 $50k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darcy15 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Seems legit. 35 years as a nurse- it is legit!! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisa Marie Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Yup. 18, or younger with parent consent. In related topics, has anyone read My Sister's Keeper? Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureCarmeliteClaire Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 35 years as a nurse- it is legit!! :-) Woot! Yeah, so I always thought it'd be cool to give a kidney or something if a good friend needed a transplant or something... Maybe that's just weird of me. Anywho, I was just curious whether it was even possible. Also, I had a small pulmonary embolism in September. Would a medical history like that change my ability to give a lung? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureCarmeliteClaire Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 35 years as a nurse- it is legit!! :-) Woot! Yeah, so I always thought it'd be cool to give a kidney or something if a good friend needed a transplant or something... Maybe that's just weird of me. Anywho, I was just curious whether it was even possible. Also, I had a small pulmonary embolism in September. Would a medical history like that change my ability to give a lung? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autumn Dusk Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Woot! Yeah, so I always thought it'd be cool to give a kidney or something if a good friend needed a transplant or something... Maybe that's just weird of me. Anywho, I was just curious whether it was even possible. Also, I had a small pulmonary embolism in September. Would a medical history like that change my ability to give a lung? The overall health of the donor is utmost concern. pulmonary embolism, while it may have been minor, would be of such a concern that they may not let you donate bone marrow much less a lung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God the Father Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I feel like you'd definitely get really, really fat after donating a lung. Unless the other one doubled in capacity in response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureCarmeliteClaire Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 I feel like you'd definitely get really, really fat after donating a lung. Unless the other one doubled in capacity in response. You have to be dead to be a lung donor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God the Father Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) You have to be dead to be a lung donor. No wonder I'd never heard of it in this context before. Anyway, I was told by an organ donation campaigner 5 or so years ago that post-mortem donations are the responsibility of your next-of-kin, and that's the bottom line, and it's one's own responsbility to communicate one's wishes to that person beforehand, so that they know. (The little insignia on your driver's license, for instance, according to the woman, was just a "clue" for them.) And even so, it's fully within their right to disregard them, no matter the age of the deceased. That may have changed in the meantime, or it could have been wrong, I guess you can defer to the posters above who probably know better than me. Edited February 15, 2013 by God the Father Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 You can donate a lobe of your lung without a significant change in quality of life, if the donor is healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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