‘Taylor’s Gift’ provides support to families of organ donors



The non-profit “Taylor’s Gift Foundation” provides support for the families of organ donors as they mourn their loss. NBC’s Dr. Akshay Syal has more.

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9 comments

  1. My daughter died from pneumonia I wanted to her to still live on through someone she could help it is hard when you’re going through grief

  2. I can’t imagine your grief, Jacqueline. What a blessing the mechanical heart was to extend Jeff’s earthly life. How long did the mechanical heart function properly?

  3. My husband received an emergency mechanical heart transplant October 12 2012. The heart contains a micro chip full information. I was asked at his passing if I would donate the heart for medical research, to improve transplant for the future. I said of course.
    When Jeff passed away.. it wasn't a normal death. I myself disconnected the heart and listened with my head on his chest till the mechanical heart stopped. To this day I grieve his loss. But there are no support groups that I am aware of for mechanical heart survivors like myself. Being that it was an emergency transplant there was no preparation. Just schock for both of us. Very traumatic…There was no heart available for Jeff, hense the mechanical heart.
    I feel so alone now. Content in my decisions…yet I don't feel anyone understands the trauma.
    For all those considering organ donation, I urge you to give life. Your trauma is a blessing dor strangers who also have loved ones. It is the greatest gift of all. God Bless

  4. If this is not about taylor swift, WHAT IS THIS? It is OBVIOUSLY playing on her name. Ok. So not her, technically. But it will absolutely be factored into new donations. Many will assume it is related to her.

    She should get ahead of the ugly shade coming, and donate a bunch of money to them. Prevention is worth more than clean up.

  5. About to make me be an organ donor ):

  6. receiving money for organs is only illegal when individuals do it.
    The ironic thing is the hospitals do the same thing. A Citizen Isn't allowed to sell a kidney. But if a citizen donates it then a hospital can sell it for a couple million dollars guess what folks they absolutely do this every day.
    This is a good law that will help people that are grieving
    Never brings people back
    But you still have to feed yourselves when they're in heaven.
    America's is being run by crooked corporate hospitals with their crooked shareholders

  7. The only diet ever scientifically shown to reverse our leading cause of human death (Heart Disease kills 33% of humans), with 99.4% success, is a Whole Food Plant Based diet. -Esselstyn

  8. Hang in there Denise were all praying 🙏 for u and your loved ones