Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Medical Issues

Pros


  • the sick child can get better and live

  • most donations are blood related, which is not very debilitating and can be done by anyone

  • both children are relatively healthy even after the donations

  • doctors care about the health of both children, and will not do something too dangerous to the donor child

  • 50-75% of donations from partial match children are successful. In complete matches, they are almost 100% successful

Cons



  • as young as 6-7 months, donor babies can give organs and pieces of organs

  • many of the procedures are very painful and require recovery time in the hospital. Some are even life threatening

  • organ donations effect the child's life forever. They are limited in ways they weren't before

  • the donations aren't a cure, so the donor child will often have to have more procedures to keep their sibling healthy

  • donor children are often at risk for diseases and complications during procedures, especially surgeries

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