[silverleaf]

every tranpslant involves a winner and a loser

question is who is more likely to live another 50 quality years with the lung, this 10 yr old or a 50 yr old?

[Coldwater Creek]

Neither. Reject meds, compromised immune system, etc.

[GatorGirl]

Ah the “death panels” argument.

[silverleaf]

every transplant involves a “death panel”, both for the recipient and the donor

there is rationing because there are not enough organs for everyone, so someone has to be the decider

Maybe you havent been involved upclose as we were when a family member became a donor.

It was an agonizing process of deciding when recovery was no longer possible and death had occurred clinically if not physically