Well, pretty straight forward. One poster said his wife is against organ donation. But what if his wife and child were in an accident and he could save the child with the wife’s body parts? Would you go against your loved one’s wishes after the body has died?
My wife is FOR organ donation, and knows that I am as well.
If she was AGAINST donation, I’d honor that request. Period.
Yes, I’ll honor his wishes. It’s easy for us, because we’re in total agreement about what we want after we kick the bucket–organ donation if there’s anything fit to transplant, and then cremation, though I’m not averse to donating my carcass to a medical school.
Absolutely, yes.
Why wouldn’t I? I love mrAru very much, and it is what he wants. If he wanted to be shipped to Tidbet for a sky burial, I would do my best to arrange it, or dumped over the side of a ship, or cremated and put in a TDU can and dropped to the bottom of the Marianas [now, not 1960, and forever not just 20 minutes…] or planted in a graveyard. What he wants is what matters=)
The problem I have getting my head around this is that I wouldn’t marry a man (or woman) who wouldn’t williningly offer an organ to save our child. So I really can’t answer this specific scenario.
In general, yes, I’d respect his wishes. Specifically in my marriage, his wishes agree with mine, so we’re both donors.
Interesting question. After the whole TS debacle, I made sure my family knew what I wanted in in uncertain terms, with regard to no extraordinary measures if I am brain dead and my organs are harvestable. My dad and my sister and BF are likely to follow my wishes, but I worry about my mom. She is pro-life and a mom, and her religious beliefs (she is devout) might lead her to try to buck against my wishes.
It all comes down to getting it done legally. While in my right state of mind (hahahahah…sorry. Bad joke). But it’s a necessary evil these days, and there’s no way in hell I would want the long, drawn out agonozing thing that happened to Ms. Schiavo to happen in my family. I’ve been meaning to do this a while.
Perhaps now is the time.
Inky