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KIDNEY-SPECIFIC organ donation info (Living Donor)
– https://transplantliving.org/kidney/what-happens-when-you-get-a-kidney-from-a-living-donor/
– https://www.donatelife.net/types-of-donation/kidney-donation/
– https://www.uofmhealth.org/conditions-treatments/transplant/living-and-paired-kidney-donation
– https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/donate-kidney-16/slideshow-donate-kidney
– https://www.kidney.org/transplantation/livingdonors/general-information-living-donation
– http://www.kidneyfund.org/kidney-disease/kidney-donation.html
GENERAL ORGAN & TISSUE DONOR INFO – Gift of Life Michigan
About 3,000 very sick Michigan residents are waiting today for organ transplants and a new shot at life. Thousands of others need tissue to relieve their pain, heal their wounds and help them see again. You have the power to help them. If you don’t already have a red heart emblem on your license or ID, please sign up today.
Donating one or more of your organs after your death can help save another person’s life. Over 100,000 people in the United States are now waiting for the gift of an organ to become available for an organ transplant.
Most people can be organ donors. If you are interested in donating organs or tissues, contact the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) at 1-888-894-6361 or go online at http://www.unos.org to get more information.
(UNOS) United Network for Organ Sharing – Register to be an Organ Donor
– https://www.donornetworkwest.org/organ-donation-facts-statistics/
Great info (find link for Donor Network for midwest/michigan too)
– https://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1640_34786_42872—,00.html
Sate of Michigan Organ Donation Statistics
– https://www.organdonor.gov/awareness/organizations/local-opo.html
Find your Local Organ Procurement Organization
– https://www.organdonor.gov/
– https://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1640_34786—,00.html