SAN ANTONIO – The South Texas Blood and Tissue co-hosted an tournament for National Multiethnic Donor Awareness Month on the donor pavilion Thursday morning.
Guests on the tournament realized in regards to the significance of organ and tissue donation.
Donate Life Texas, Texas Organ Sharing Alliance, University Health Transplant Institute, Be the Match and the San Antonio Eye Bank additionally participated.
San Antonio resident Carlos Dominguez attended the development to unfold awareness and shared his tale.
“I had cirrhosis since I was 47 years old. I went into the hospital in 2021 for a month. I had a blood infection that really damaged my liver beyond,” Dominguez mentioned.
Dominguez were given on a transplant ready listing, and a couple of months in the past he were given a choice that modified his lifestyles.
He mentioned he were given a 2d probability at lifestyles and won a liver transplant.
“Anything I can do to help the donors transplant and even transplant recipients. Just talk to them and give them encouragement. That’s what I’m here for,” Dominguez mentioned.
Donate Life mentioned greater than 100,000 individuals are ready for a lifesaving transplant.
The South Texas Blood and Tissue mentioned just about 60% of the nationwide transplant ready listing is from multicultural communities.
Dominguez is ceaselessly thankful to the organ donor and their circle of relatives.
“For two years, I was not able to do very much, and now its like ‘Wow, totally different,’” Dominguez mentioned.
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