April is Donate Life Month, Andrew Mullins is in to tell us more about organ donations!
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Three years ago, Ann Sidesinger could barely walk 10 feet. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis had made her lungs thick and stiff. Even with an oxygen tank, it was hard to catch her breath.
April is Donate Life Month. Reports show more than 100,000 people, including children, are currently waiting for an organ transplant here in the United States.
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More than 100,000 men, women and children are on the national transplant list, but people can make a difference by becoming organ donors.
The hospital has partnered with Ohio State Wexner Medical Center to promote awareness during Donate Life Month. The pinwheels are symbolic, with eight spokes supported by one stem, showcasing how organ donations from one person can go on to save up to eight lives through organ donation and transplantation.
Donate Life Ohio is raising awareness on organ donations and is offering people a chance to register to be an organ donor online. Those with Donate Life say their upcoming "Don't Wait, Save 8" drive was put together partially because of BMV locations closing earlier this year due to the pandemic.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 10 people die each day waiting for an organ donation. One local survivor shares how she beat the odds.
More than 40 people came out to the YWCA of Van Wert County's National Donate Life Month event to hear Jasmine Coleman's story. Since the age of two Coleman battled with Von Willebrand Disease, which causes people to bleed and bruise easily.
An Ohio organization is looking to raise awareness about the nationwide need for organ donors.
