Waiting for Organs
According to the US government, as of 1/14/2008 there are 97,899 people waiting for organ transplants in the United States. When I was a sophomore I wrote a speech on organ donation. I'm going to represent that speech, but keep in mind, it was much more dramatic when I gave it out loud, instead of in print. Also, remember that I wrote this when I was healthy, before I thought about transplant seriously, before I knew people who have had transplants and before I met the girl my speech was about. This was before I met her when she was dying in the hospital waiting for her second lung transplant. I still feel just as passionate about becoming a donor, and I am that much closer to needing a transplant of my very own. Organ Donation: For her, walking up the stairs to class felt like climbing Everest. Standing in the lunch line once took her breath away, literally. After that her friends bought her lunch. And the prom? Forget it. Can't shop. Can't dance. Can't eve...