Tissue Donation Makes Miracles
Every year, hundreds of thousands of lives are changed through tissue and eye donation:
- A basketball player gets back in the game with a transplanted tendon.
- A severely burned man is healed with donated skin.
- A child sees the blackboard in school because of a cornea transplant.
- A woman simply walks without support, without pain because of a spinal implant made from donated bone.
Tissue transplant surgeries can restore sight or mobility, ease chronic pain, or relieve trauma caused by accidents. The types of surgeries are numerous, but these amazing transplant surgeries are possible only because of the generosity of donor families and the commitment of people who make the decision to donate. A single eye and tissue donor can help more than a dozen people – sometimes many more – regain health and hope.
