January 1999 Saying you want to be an organ donor is not enough It requires more than a commitment from a person to be an organ donor.
Action is required at the time of death.
My mother died of a heart attack Dec. 7, 1997. She had been in the local hospital the preceding five days. At the time of her death, her pastor and her physician were with many family members at her bedside. I stayed until the mortician took her body in the hearse. Later that same day, the family remembered that she had committed to be an organ donor.