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In the elevator today, we met a neighbor I basically like (she used to play cello for cats [1] and now teaches elementary school), and I asked her to witness me signing my donor card, along with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cattitude.
I've also made sure that bothcattitude and my mother (who would be my next of kin after him) know, and agree with my choice. (My other partners also know and agree—I know at least one of them is also signed up—but they're not legally recognized as kin for this purpose. Still, if the idea bothered either of them, I'd have discussed it further before going ahead.)
It's a small thing. No. That's not it. When it has any effect, it's a large one, but a lot more people sign organ donor cards than become donors after they die. For me, it's an easy thing to have done: it didn't take much time, and it costs me and my family/heirs nothing at all. [I say "for me" because I know there are people with religious concerns connected to this, but none of those who might be affected by my decision found it problematic.]
I'm doing this for strangers, but I'm doing it in memory of Mike (John M. Ford), and to pay forward the anonymous stranger who left him a kidney.
[1] Actually, she played cello for Cats: she was in the orchestra for the musical, but even long-running musicals close eventually.
cattitude.I've also made sure that both
cattitude and my mother (who would be my next of kin after him) know, and agree with my choice. (My other partners also know and agree—I know at least one of them is also signed up—but they're not legally recognized as kin for this purpose. Still, if the idea bothered either of them, I'd have discussed it further before going ahead.)It's a small thing. No. That's not it. When it has any effect, it's a large one, but a lot more people sign organ donor cards than become donors after they die. For me, it's an easy thing to have done: it didn't take much time, and it costs me and my family/heirs nothing at all. [I say "for me" because I know there are people with religious concerns connected to this, but none of those who might be affected by my decision found it problematic.]
I'm doing this for strangers, but I'm doing it in memory of Mike (John M. Ford), and to pay forward the anonymous stranger who left him a kidney.
[1] Actually, she played cello for Cats: she was in the orchestra for the musical, but even long-running musicals close eventually.
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