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To: KneelBeforeZod
We call them Donorcycles in the Emergency Room.
29 posted on 02/03/2003 4:07:01 PM PST by SC DOC
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To: SC DOC
I drive an older V-Max. You'd be lucky to harvest my teeth after an accident.
30 posted on 02/03/2003 4:41:55 PM PST by SandfleaCSC (Diplomacy is the art of saying, "Nice doggie", until you can find a large enough rock.)
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To: SC DOC
We call them Donorcycles in the Emergency Room.

A bit of "gallows humor," eh?

I imagine the majority of donors come to you as a result of motor-vehicle accidents; I survived a nasty one 40 years ago when the car I was in was struck by a strong crosswind (Corvair) running along the Gulf coast in Florida and I was thrown almost 100 feet into the brushy dunes.

I had a hemothorax and a pneumothorax that was treated by draining the pleural chamber, but it wasn't until 11/2 years later that the doctor performing my exit physical determined that the persistent stiffness of my left thumb was a result of the same wreck - I had a severed extensor pollex longus; now, I can flex it fine after they grafted a tendon from my left forefinger.

Amazing what a bit of stitching can accomplish.

As noble as organ donation sounds, I don't believe we are yet at the point where it is the purview of the state to designate the donor.

31 posted on 02/03/2003 4:53:17 PM PST by Old Professer
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