Special Quilt Honoring Tissue Donors and their Families at Memorial Medical Center
Friday, April 3rd, 2015 -- 8:17 AM
-A special quilt honoring the contributions of tissue donors and their families will be on display at Memorial Medical Center.The hospital is sponsoring the April 1st ? April 13th exhibit as part of the effort to create donation awareness during the national Donate Life Month observance in April. Themed "Just Like the Stars", the colorful quilt features squares for 17 tissue donors, whose families consented to donation of their bone, skin, heart valves, veins, ligaments and tendons. Gifts of tissue are used in more than 1 million surgeries routinely performed each year in the United States alone.
Many more people are eligible tissue donors than who are organ donors. Organ donation usually takes place when brain death has occurred, and transplants must be performed within a short time afterward. Tissue can be recovered within 12 to 24 hours after death and preserved for later use.
In Wisconsin, you can go to the online registry at www.YesIWillWisconsin.com to legally authorize donation. Anyone older than age 15? with a Wisconsin driver's license or identification card can register. You may also sign up when you apply for or renew your driver's license or ID.
Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.