My brother had a heart transplant. Would you want to meet the donors family?
By WebMann
@WebMann (4731)
Canada
3 responses
@missyd79 (3438)
• United States
18 Jan 07
i agree with your first response. if i was your brother i would ask the hospital to send a letter with my contact information on it to the family, that when if they want to and when they are ready they can contact me. I would want to meet the family because i would want to know what the person was like, espically since i have a peice of them inside me.
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@contusion12878 (669)
• United States
18 Jan 07
I would ask the hospital to send them a letter first and ask them if they want to be met. Sometimes its hard for the family that lost their loved one to meet the person they saved. But other times its completely opposite. Thats why i say the safest bet is to write the letter and see if you get a reply. I hope your brother is doing well. Best of luck to you all
@WebMann (4731)
• Canada
18 Jan 07
I would never dream of finding and popping in on them. :)
I have seen things on TV and the net about how it does actually help both parties after the initial meeting.
But I know I would be way too emotional to ever meet them without being at total mess. I'm having a hard just thinking about it as I'm writing so I hope it never has to come to that for me. :)
Thanks for you comments
@creationsbysusie (254)
• United States
11 Aug 12
I think that I would like to meet the family of the person who gave me a heart but true I would send a letter with my information as it will be very stressful for the family or if my family was the donor then I myself would want to meet the person my family member saved sometimes this could even be a child or someone young (not everyone who has heart problems are old) I'm not old I am only 60yrs young
