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My own son had his eye saved by an organ donor when he was an infant. We live in Canada which is still opt in so someone made the decision that they wanted to g
by TheCycoONE 9y ago
My own son had his eye saved by an organ donor when he was an infant. We live in Canada which is still opt in so someone made the decision that they wanted to give up a part of themselves after they died. For that I am grateful.
- dsacco 9y agoThat's inspiring. If you don't mind divulging more details, can you tell us how your son's eye was saved? Do you mean they transplanted an entire eye, or was there a critical part of the eye donated by someone else? Also interested if your son has heterochromia as a result. I'd imagine that's the case if there was substantial change to the original iris?
- LeifCarrotson 9y agoEye transplants are usually corneal transplants - just the clear lens in front of the iris and pupil is replaced. It's not currently possible to transplant an entire eye, as a lot of nerves would need to be re-connected.
- TheCycoONE 9y agoThey transplanted tissue on top of the eye as part of implanting an Ahmed valve. My son has primary congenital glaucoma. There is no obvious signs like heterochromia, the entire transplant and most of the valve is between his eye muscles.
- earlyriser 9y agoI'm in Quebec and it's also opt in here, probably is pancanadian setup. Do you know why is opt in and not opt out like in other countries. What's the thing blocking this? Do you know if there's an organization making pressure to make it opt out? I'm asking you because I'm guessing you're familiar with transplant topics.
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- TheCycoONE 9y agoThe system in Canada is a bit of a hodge podge managed by each province independently, and in some cases with private partnerships. The David Foster foundation has been the main force behind introducing opt out donation in Canada but I haven't seen any traction.