Post by Sasha Brown-Worsham
When you are the mom of a new baby, the last thing in the world you want to think about is organ donation. After all, who thinks about the end of life at the beginning of a new one? But it's a thought mother Shelley Wealleans wishes we would all have. Wealleans has the tragic story of being on both sides of this. First she was a mother who lost her 3-month-old child and didn't donate his organs. Then she was the mother of the baby who needed a transplant to live and couldn't get one. Losing two babies is horrendous, something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. But Wealleans and her husband are turning their sorrow into activism by trying to get others to think about organ donation even for their little babies. It's a macabre thought I can barely have when I think about my precious 4-year-old and 5-year-old.Image may be NSFW.
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When you are the mom of a new baby, the last thing in the world you want to think about is organ donation. After all, who thinks about the end of life at the beginning of a new one? But it's a thought mother Shelley Wealleans wishes we would all have. Wealleans has the tragic story of being on both sides of this. First she was a mother who lost her 3-month-old child and didn't donate his organs. Then she was the mother of the baby who needed a transplant to live and couldn't get one. Losing two babies is horrendous, something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. But Wealleans and her husband are turning their sorrow into activism by trying to get others to think about organ donation even for their little babies. It's a macabre thought I can barely have when I think about my precious 4-year-old and 5-year-old.Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
