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Corneal Transplant Patient Donates Kidney in Bengaluru
Indian Transplant Newsletter.
Vol. VI Issue NO.: 19 (February 2005)
Print ISSN 0972 - 1568
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A 62 year old, corneal transplant patient donated is kidneys, at Manipal hospital in bengaluru. The patient had earlier declared to donate, when he had an episode of unconsciousness. Unfortunately within a month he was declared brain dead. The organ retrieval and transplant was coordinated by the Bangalore based organization FORTE, with the help of the doctors at Manipal hospital.
"GIVE LIFE AND CHEER"
One Day While Sitting In The Park
I Learned A Lesson Strong
I Would See The Same Child Everyday
And Wonder What Was Wrong
Her Friends Would Always Run And Play
And Yell And Play Kick Ball
But She Would Only Sit And Cheer
But Never Join In At All
I Knew She Wanted To So Very Bad
Her Face Said It All
But Finally The Game Would Be Over
And She Never Kicked The Ball
But This Went On Forever
She Would Only Sit And Cheer
What Was The Reason For This
Was It Soley Out Of Fear
The Next Few Weeks She Wasn't There
I Wondered Where She'd Gone
I Hoped Everything Was Ok
And That Nothing Was Wrong
Then One Saturday Morning
I Heard The Childs Scream
Then A Ball Go Flying By
That She Had Kicked For Her Team
The Joy I Felt To See Her Play
The Smile From Ear To EAr
So I Took Over Her Usual Job
And I Begun To Cheer
Finally The Game Was Over
She Came And Thanked Me Dear
For Rooting For Her In The Game
For Yelling Out Loud A Cheer
She Explained She Never Played Before
That She Needed A New Heart
And Finally A MAtch Was Found
And Now Her Life Would Start
She Said She Would Never Forget
Her First Kick Ball GAme
And The Man Who Sat And Cheered For Her
Who Hadn't Even Known Her Name
I Also Would Never Forget That Day
In My Heart It Would Always Be
It Changed The Way I Felt Inside
It Helped Me To Really See
Without The New Heart She Had Received
She Never Would Have Played
Eventually Not Even Be Able To Cheer
She Would Be Gone In Everyway
She Taught Me To Realise Tha When I Die
I Can Do Just The Same
Like The Boy Who Gave Her A New Heart
I CAn Get People In The Game
I Can Give So Many Gifts Away
Whenever Its My Time To Go
Thank GodFor This Little Girl
Who Taught Me What I'm Glad I Know
So Now Im Not Even Scared To Die
Cause I Know My Life Will Still Be
And I Also Hope You Learned A Lesson
You'll Never Be Saying Goodbye
For You'll Be Living On In Lives Of Others
And Drying MAny TEars
And Helping Many Play The Game
While In The Sky You'll Cheer
-Lisa Evans
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