BEING AN ORGAN DONOR

My mom was telling me last week that she needed to go in and have her drivers license renewed. I was looking at her license and it didn't say that she was an organ donor. I told her that she could be one if she told them at the licensing department. She asked me if I was a donor and I said yes. I know you can choose which organs you want to donate or you can donate them all. She couldn't believe that I was willing to donate my organs. I have never once thought about not being a donor. My organs would be doing absolutely nothing to help anyone if they stayed in my body. I told my mom that she wouldn't miss her organs if she decided to donate them. I'm writing this because of her reply when I asked her why she wouldn't donate. She says that she doesn't want any doctors to start removing her organs when she might still be alive. So, because the doctors have a limited amount of time to remove the organs, and get them to their new owner, she is worried that they might take them too soon. O.k. I know that people have been burried alive, but not very recently that I know of. I just wasn't expecting that answer from her. I couldn't change her mind, and she didn't even try to change mine because she knows that she never could. I know that people have different reasons for choosing not to donate, and I'm not saying that it's wrong if people don't donate, because it's not. It's a personal decision that everyone has the right to make for themselves. For me, knowing that I could save a life by giving away something that I no longer needed, made it easy for me to decide. I just think my mom has a very unique reason for choosing not to donate. I tried to reassure her by telling her that technology has come a long way, and that I was almost certain that the doctors wouldn't start cutting until they were 97% sure, that they could. I had to tell her that just for fun. She knows I was kidding. I hope this didn't upset anyone. I meant for this to be a positive post. Have a good day!