During my hospital stay in Brooklyn, I was interviewed by a reporter about my hip fracture and my appearance on an HBO documentary on organ donation and the organ shortage in the U.S. and Canada. The article has finally appeared in print. Please check it out:
Organ donor advocate Heidi Nye's shattered hip during HBO documentary exemplifies her cause
BY MIKE McLAUGHLIN
An organ donor advocate who traveled to Brooklyn to be interviewed for an HBO documentary fell and shattered her hip just before her debut - and now her injury could make its way into the movie.
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2 comments:
I love this article and posted it on my Facebook. I may have to blog it as well - do you mind? My mom said just last night, "I read that article about Heidi - What an amazing woman!"
Heather, you are so very welcome to do whatever you wish with the article. I am eager to get as much exposure as possible for the cause of compensating organ donors and thereby increasing the supply of donors. We are in a dire situation in this country, with thousands of people dying every year due to lack of organs. As one mother whose son needs a new liver said to me, "It just doesn't make sense that so many people are dying for one kidney when so many people are walking around with two." Thanks, Heather, for spreading the word. Here are a few sites to check out:
LifeSharers.com, where people can register as donors for other donors, the philosophy being that people who want organs should also be donors
organdonorincentives.org, of which I am a board member; we are seeking to change the law to allow for the compensation of donors
Thanks to all who are donors.
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