Posted on 01/16/2011 10:57:45 AM PST by US Navy Vet
BOSTON – The father of the youngest victim of the Arizona massacre says some of her organs have been donated to a young girl in the Boston area. John Green tells The Boston Globe in Sunday's edition that he received a phone call about the transplant, but says he doesn't know any other details about the donation. He says the call "really lifted" his spirit and says he and his wife are proud parents once again of their daughter, "who has done another amazing thing." Nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green was born Sept. 11, 2001. She had just been elected to her Tucson school's student council, which is why she went to see Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. A spokesman for the New England Organ Bank tells the Globe he can't comment on donations. The Arizona Republic on Friday reported that Tucson's Bishop Gerald Kicanas told the crowd at Christina's funeral that her organs had been donated.
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Makes mine.
Glad they have this to hold on to.
God bless this beautiful family with the peace that surpasses all understanding.
I pray for them every day.
The Greens are very special people. God Bless them.
She sounds like a wonderful little girl. May God bless and keep her.
Oh, thats very nice of them.
She will live on through another little girl. From death comes life and every one is truly resurrected through the works of the Lord.
It did, in a “been there, done that, shed the tears” sorta way. God Bless them and keep them.
You are right ...The screen went blurry.
What an amazing family.
However this story has become the occasion of much feel-goodism on the part of the MSM on the topic of organ donation.
We need to exercise caution against uncritical acceptance of pro-organ donation propaganda, because organ donation, in many instances (not all), can be fraught with ethical problems at best -- and horrifying malpractice at worst.
This is not the occasion to go into frightening detail about this topic. But other FReepers have posted links in the past that I found very revealing, and for which I am thankful. Anyone interested should be able to find this information with a little effort.
For now I would just like to suggest
(1) do not fall victim to the pressure to check that little box on your drivers' license - which gives practical carte blanche to over-eager transplant teams to "harvest" your organs when this might not be in YOUR best interest
(2) do, however, give a trusted family member the power to decide whether your organs should be donated, in the event you aren't capable of making that decision yourself.
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