[a fool in paradise]

Find it odd though that a former drug addict or even alcoholic would be permitted to do a kidney organ donation.

[FrdmLvr]

I was thinking the same thing.

[Gay State Conservative]

It depends on several things.One is the urgency for the need for the kidney. Another is the result of the many tests that would have been done on the donor.

A year or two ago I was passing through Children's Hospital in Boston on my way to an appointment at the hospital right next door.I passed by the transplant clinic and had the idea "geeze...I won't be needing my kidneys much longer,maybe I can do something worthwhile and give one of them to a sick kid".

I called the hospital's transplant coordinator,told her who I was and what I had in mind and she said "OK,there are many questions I have to ask". After answering a dozen or so medical questions she asked "are you a diabetic?". I said "yes,type 2...well controlled". She said "OK,we have to stop right there.We can't use your kidney". And I said "even if it's well controlled?" And she said "yes".

I suspect that part of their policy could be that this kidney would be going into a kid and would,hopefully,function properly for many years whereas mine,although it's functioning well now,might not have all that much life left in it.

[HollyB]

My first thought

[shelterguy]

“”””Find it odd though that a former drug addict or even alcoholic would be permitted to do a kidney organ donation.”””””

Eight years in the cell apparently cleaned her out enough.