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Nearly 100,000 American people are currently waiting for organ transplants. Some people wait for years. And many die while they are still on the list.
On April 10, the Loyola family will honor those who have donated life to others in its annual Candlelight Ceremony. It is a time for remembering loved ones, praying for those who are on organ waiting lists and giving thanks for lives that are continuing because someone else gave.
Members of Loyola’s transplant team see firsthand the anguish of families who have a loved one waiting for organs. Dr. Robert Love, professor, thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, is working to increase the supply of organs that become available after cardiac death with a method known as “DCD” or donation after cardiac death.” In 2007, there were 793 donations after cardiac death, up from only 117 in 2000.
