Xperience 84
The doctor rushes to a weeping family telling them that their loved one’s liver just gave out. Most probably due to said doctor pumping way to many meds into the poor kids body whilst trying to figure out why she’s having seizures and boils on her feet. Think I’ve gone nuts? Nope, just another episode from one of those totally addictive medical shows you download from your friends (not that I do that, just for the record). And always, just as the poor girl is about to die, they find a viable organ stolen from some hospital… and find out all the boils and seizures are caused by an acute tonsillitis, seriously? Sometimes even I have to roll my eyes and pour another glass of Chardonnay.
After a few glasses I do start wondering, where on earth will I get a liver (the one I’m currently compromising) if my tonsils pull a fast one on me or, without getting all morbid and heaven forbids, something really bad happens. Sure, I could go the cloning way, but on my salary (bwa-ha-ha) I’ll get the budget-budget option and end up with a little toe (mine, but worth nothing if I need an internal organ). These kind of thought also leads to the next one, what if a family member needs an organ (this while I put the empty with my recyclable stuffs). Thank goodness a long day of receiving massages and generally just rotting on the couch under a mountain of novels took its toll and I fell asleep.
But this morning the universe poked me in the side when I saw a link to the Organ Donor Foundation and hey, did you know it’s Orgust? So I registered, easy peasy. No doctors, no blood samples (hopefully yet, I’m sure I can still feel last night’s Chardonnay) and all in 5 minutes.
This almost feel like my first recycling trip, I can’t see a difference today, won’t tomorrow (hold thumbs), but somewhere in the future I hope I made someone’s day a whole lot brighter…