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Shay smiles at her parents, Lisa and Adam Ziff
over and over again that if Shay makes
it she will have a first birthday party
that nobody will forget," Lisa said.
'And that's what she did!" ❑
Organ Donation
Statistics
According to Sheree Hardrick, public
health coordinator at the International
Association for Organ Donation in
Detroit, more than 87,000 Americans
are waiting for lifesaving transplants,
with a new patient joining the list every
18 minutes — and someone on a wait-
ing list dying every 96 minutes.
As of Feb. 1, Gift of Life Michigan
confirms 36 of the 2,809 Michiganians
on transplant lists this year have
received donations. Six have died wait-
ing. Fifty-seven wait for new hearts.
There is no cost to the families of
donors and the body is not disfigured
from donation.
According to the United Network for
Organ Sharing in Virginia, as of Feb. 2,
there are 255 transplant centers in the
United States. With each operating one
or more organ transplant programs,
there is a total of 861 programs in the
United States. Of the 135 heart trans-
plant programs, the three in Michigan
are at Children's Hospital of Michigan
and Henry Ford Hospital, both in
Detroit, and U-M Medical Center in
Ann Arbor. ❑
Register To Donate
• To register online, go to:
www.IA0D.org and click on "donate
• According Sheree Hardrick of the
International Association for Organ
Donation in Detroit, every weekend, at
least one hospital in Michigan holds a
blood drive, with a booth set up for
organ donation registering.
The Saturn National Donor Day will
include a blood drive, bone marrow
typing and opportunity to register as an
organ donor from 7 a.m.-5 p.m. on
Tuesday, Feb. 15, and Wednesday, Feb.
16, at the GM Renaissance Center in
Detroit. Many area Saturn dealerships
will also host donor drives during that
same week. Check individual sites for
dates and times.
• Sign up to donate your organs at
Secretary of State offices. A sticker is
then placed on the potential donor's
driver's license indicating they are regis-
tered with Michigan's Organ and Tissue
Donor Registry.
It is important for those who have
indicated their wishes to be an organ
donor — through a will, document of
gift, drivers license or state identifica-
tion card — to be aware that, in
Michigan, these methods do not place
the individual's name on the organ
donor registry. Potential donors need
also to register with Michigan's Organ
and Tissue Donor Registry. The IAOD
also suggests that if those who sign a
donor card should share their wishes
with family members.
For information on registering to be a
donor, call Sheree Hardrick at IAOD at
(313) 745-0844, or call the United
Network for Organ Sharing at (804)
782-4800, or access the Web site at
www.unos.org. To order Organ and
Tissue Donor Registry brochures, call
Gift of Life Michigan at (800) 482-
4881 or email info@giftoflifemichi-
gan.org.
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