Sunday, July 15, 2007
The Waiting Game
According to the book "The Waiting Game" written by Norbert R.Hoferichter in Toronto,2000, he was a patient who got a special chance to take an operation to transplant his heart.He had heart desease that came genetically from his parents. Hoferichter said that before he took the operation, he was suffered from heart desease, and waiting for "right heart donor" (Hoferichter,200,p21)for him. when he was spending very hard time to wait the operation, he thought "how ironic whole thing was"(Hoferichter,200,p21) acording to Norbert. Because of his suffering from heart disease for 20 years, he desired to have the operation, and at the same time he felt selfish for that he wanted "someone else to give up his or her life for me to carry on" (Hoferichter,2000,p21)as he mentioned. After his pituful 20 years, he reported finally he got the chance to transplant a new heart, and then he recovered after 128 days of painful life.He argued how importand and helpful organ donation was for many patients who was suffering from incurable desease. He thougt "If everyone was a dorner"(Hoferichter,2000,p19) showed his real feeling, strong opinion and hope about donation.Through the experience, he knew how tough it was to stand continual severe pain of which the only way to get rid was organ donation, moreover he realized the difficulty to get the chance as Hoferichter mentioned.
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This is a great story! This topic is very interesting and people concern about it even more nowadays. I do feel happy for the author that at last he got a chance to live a good life but I also feel sad because somewhere else there's someone had to let go of their lives. But it's very meaningful because at least they can save a life.
It's a interesting story! Keep doing! i wanna know more people's opinions towards to donation...
I know that a korean singer gave his a part of liver to his father who suffer from liver cancer.
after the surgery, both of them could recover their health. Sometimes organ donation can bring side-effect such as illegal selling, cutting in to get organ taking first. Ok. great! Keep reading that book. and explain to me some interesting information about your topic^^ bye!
What you said surprised me. I did not know that nowadays people are possible to have heart transplant operation. It is an interesting story. And I am gonna know much more about the story.
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