Help kids like Sarah get the transplants they need

On 5/11/14, Janet Murnaghan via Change.org <mail@change.org> wrote:

> Dear Friends and Supporters of Sarah,

> 

> You asked for Sarah and children like her to be considered for adult

> donor lungs. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)

> listened, and this past summer put in a temporary rule in to allow

> children under 12 to get adolescent or adult lungs.

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> Two children are now alive because of this change, and others now have

> greater hope for lung transplants thanks to a larger donor pool.

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> The OPTN will make this rule permanent if the public backs the

> recommendation. Please click on the following link and indicate you

> SUPPORT the proposal:

> http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/policiesAndBylaws/publicComment/submit

> YourComment.asp?PropID=369

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> Passage of this proposal will ensure that other kids in Sarah’s

> similar circumstances have the opportunity to do the things that Sarah

> is now starting to do – ride her bike again, go bowling, play

> mini-golf and spend time with her siblings and friends.

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> Thank you for caring about kids! Your vote counts!

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> Janet, Fran and Sarah Murnaghan

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