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A Quarterly Newsletter of LifeShare Of The Carolinas

A Question of Faith New Movie with a Donation Theme Hits Movie Theaters

By the time this newsletter hits your mailbox, a new movie worth seeing will already be in the theaters. “A Question of Faith”, is set to be released in 600 movie theaters IN THIS ISSUE: nationwide on September 29, 2017. We are happy to report that Asheville and Charlotte are on the list. The plot centers around three families who are each struck by tragedy when, “destiny A Question of Faith 1 forces them on a converging path to discover God’s love, grace and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs.” Myth Buster 2 Donate Life America is promoting the film and our colleagues who have previewed it, say it’s excellent. It is one of several movies that been supportive of organ donation New Hymn Available for 3 including Return to Me, John Q, Seven Pounds and most recently, the Fifth Quarter. Donor Sabbath “A Question of Faith” was shot in Atlanta. It stars Richard T Jones, Kim Fields, C. Thomas Howell, Rene O’Connor, T.C. Stallings and Jaci Velasquez. LifeShare’s Tissue Division 4 Check your local movie listings to see where the film is playing near you. You can Earns Two Awards also check our Facebook page for more information as it becomes available. For additional information, visit www.aquestionoffaith.com. 5 LifeShare Achieves National Certifications

6 LifeShare Staffer Elected to National Board

7 Donor Statistics by Hospital

8 Five Marathons in Five Days

We hope you will check out the film and let us know what you think about it. In the meantime, if you would like to see the trailer, A Donate Life Organization log onto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrZvNFu2ADg.

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1-800-932-GIVE MYTH BUSTER! www.lifesharecarolinas.org Everyone has the Potential to Save Lives Editor Debbie Gibbs through Organ Donation.

Associate Editor Donation doesn’t discriminate! Due to the fact, that many in the LGBT community Ben Martin are not allowed to donate blood, it is a common misconception that they cannot be organ donors too. This is not tru e— Anyone can register to be an organ donor. Each organ is evaluated by our clinical staff at the appropriate time. Don’t rule yourself out! With over 117,000 individuals on the national waiting list for an organ transplant, it is our goal to maximize the potential for donation so that more lives can be saved.

OUR MISSION

Improving lives through organ,

eye and tissue donation.

OUR VISION

We envision a day when everyone

who needs a transplant will be

able to get one.

This was the first time that LifeShare participated in the Charlotte Pride parade. Our intent is to make sure everyone knows that donation does not discriminate and that no matter who you are, your age, race or who you love, you can still be an organ donor.

Register to be a hero today at the DMV or online at www.donatelifenc.org/register.

2 LIFESHARE OF THE CAROLINAS New Hymn Available for National Donor Sabbath November 1 0–12, 2017

Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, a noted hymn-writer, has written a new piece of music for the donation community. It is dedicated to the memory of one of her friends who Number of Candidates on the was an organ donor. National Transplant Waiting List The hymn has been released in time for congregations to learn it and to use it for their National Donor Sabbath observance the weekend of November 10-12, 2017. Kidney 96,708 LifeShare is encouraging all area congregations to participate. To make it easy, we have bookmarks that can be used in Bibles, Korans or Torahs. Sample bulletin Liver 14,163 announcements are also available. To order yours, call our office at (704) 512-3303. The song, God Each Day You Give is Precious, is available at no charge. Carolyn Pancreas 903 Winfrey Gillette and her husband are co-pastors of a Presbyterian Church in Kidney-Pancreas 1,684 Delaware. To date, she has written over 250 hymns that have been published by Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran and Presbyterian Churches among others. Heart 3,959 Here are the lyrics: Lung 1,370 God, Each Day You Give is Precious Heart-Lung 40 A Hymn for Organ Donors and Families BEACH SPRING 8.7.8.7 D (“God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending”) Intestine 264

God, each day you give is precious; it’s a joyful thing to live! NATIONAL TOTAL 116,508 We are stewards of the wonders of these bodies that you give. North Carolina 2,861 In our heartbeats, in our breathing, in our walking, in our sight, We are blessed to be a blessing, and your grace is our delight. South Carolina 1,004

Yet when tragedy is sudden, when we’re faced with pain and death, Based on OPTN data as of Sept. 3, 2017. When a body is too broken to receive another breath, When it seems that none can cheer us, when a loved one is too ill, In these times when death is near us, life becomes more precious still.

We are grateful for the vision of the ones who have prepared: Who have made the firm decision that, in death, life must be shared, For when earthly bodies fail them, as they’re welcomed into heaven, Others here will know a blessing from the life these saints have given.

God, we thank you for the families who, in saying their good-byes, Seek to end their neighbors’ suffering, giving hope and changing lives-- And for resurrection glory, we give thanks and praises, too. Death can never end our story, for you’ll make us whole and new.

We are made to make a difference, we are made to laugh and dance, So we thank you for each person who receives a second chance. For they know that life is precious; they can see another dawn. They are blessed to be a blessing as the joy of life goes on.

Local churches promoting organ donation have permission for free use of this hymn. Tune: The Sacred Harp, 1844. Harm. James H. Wood, 195

FALL ISSUE – 2017 3 LifeShare Busy Improving

LifeShare’s Tissue Division Earns Two Awards

CALENDAR “We appreciate the support and work LifeShare does for donors, donor families and of events transplant recipients. The work you do is a testimony to your commitment to help us make life-saving and life-enhancing graphs available to recipients not only in your September 1 5–October 15, 2017 service area and beyond.” Those words were from Andi Tejchman, Recovery National Hispanic Heritage Month Resource Manager for LifeNet Tissue, the organization that processes donor tissue Nationwide before it is transplanted into waiting recipients. Andi was praising LifeShare for clinical skills displayed in recovering tissue from September 29, 2017 d o n o r s . O u t o f 6 1 d o n o r r e c o v e r y a g e n c i e s L i f e N e t w o r k s w ith, LifeShare ranked number A Question of Faith Movie Released one in two areas: Lowest Heart C3 Rate and Lowest MS Unsuitable Rate. These www.aquestionoffaith.com categories in essence mean that the Musculoskeletal and Heart tissues recovered by LifeShare were more likely to be used than all other recovery centers due to low November 1 0–12, 2017 c o n t a m i n a t i o n r a t e s a n d t h o r o u g h p r e - r e c o v e r y s c r e e n i n g s . National Donor Sabbath Nationwide LifeShare’s Tissue Department, headed by November 1 2–16, 2017 T u c k e r K n o x , i s c o m p r i s e d o f 1 2 s t a f f members. Heart Transplant Run www.thehearttransplantrun.com Annually, the Tissue Department takes part

January 1, 2018 in recoveries to enhance the lives of Donate Life Float in Rose Parade Check local TV listings for times approximately 18,000 people.

The recovered grafts can be used to save patients facing life-threatening burns, to allow athletes with torn ligaments to compete again, to restore mobility and to repair musculoskeletal structures, teeth, skin, and spinal components in many patients. 1.) Tissue Donation. (2017) Retrieved from www.donatelife.net/types-of-donation/ tissue-donation/

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LifeShare Achieves National Certifications

WE PASSED!... WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR ACCREDITATION FROM ASSOCIATION OF ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS (AOPO). WE ARE STILL AWAITING WORD FROM THE EYE BANK ASSOCIATION OF  AMERICA (EBAA) AND THE UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING (UNOS). BUT WE ARE OPTIMISTIC WE WILL GOOD NEWS FROM THEM TOO.

The field of donation and transplantation is the most highly regulated field of medicine and at any time we know we are subject to inspection by any number of regulatory agencies, including the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). In preparation, our staff works hard to make sure our charts are in order and that our policies are in line with local, state and national standards. "Accreditation and regulatory compliance can be challenging, but it is a valuable opportunity to ensure that we continue to serve our donors, their families and transplant recipients the best we possibly can. Our staff works diligently throughout the year to follow the guidelines and rules that were designed to make sure we maximize each precious gift,” said Sarah Seiler, LifeShare’s Chief Operating Officer. We would like to give special kudos to our Quality Department that works especially hard to get ready for site surveyors. They are: Brandy Dooley, Ericka Harrison and Christy Hudson. Those three inspections are over for now but we know it won’t be long before another one comes. When it does, we’ll be ready. We would like to give special kudos to our Quality Department that works especially hard to get ready for site surveyors.

fact Statistics from the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations in late July showed that out of 57 organ procurement organizations nationwide, LifeShare was the 5th busiest in the country. We are on track for 2017 to be our busiest year with more lives saved than ever before!

FALL ISSUE – 2017 5 PLANNING A PROGRAM?

As your organization plans its meeting LifeShare Staffer Elected to calendar for the year, please think of LifeShare. Speakers from your community National Board whose lives have been touched by WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT NIKKI DOTSON-LORELLO, A LIFESHARE organ or tissue donation are available ORGAN RECOVERY COORDINATOR, HAS BEEN ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF THE to talk to local groups. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CRITICAL-CARE NURSES (AACN). THE ORGANIZATION IS If you would like to schedule a THE LARGEST SPECIALTY NURSING ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD WITH A MEMBERSHIP free, informative presentation tailored TOTALING MORE THAN HALF A MILLION ACUTE AND CRITICAL CARE NURSES. to the needs of your organization, call the LifeShare office nearest you Nationally, Nikki has been a member of the AACN for at (704) 512-3303 or (828) 255-8699. several years serving as a Regional Chapter Advisor, a If you are interested in joining our reviewer for chapter awards and posters, a member of the Speaker’s Bureau, we’d also like to Nominating Committee and a manuscript reviewer for hear from you. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, the organization’s Lots of opportunities are available official publication. She is also a past President of the to help in the office, to staff a booth Piedmont Carolinas Chapter. at a health fair or to make presentations Nikki has worked with LifeShare for eight years as an to community groups. Call us. Organ Recovery Coordinator. Her responsibilities also include the orientation and training of new Organ Recovery Coordinators. In 2016, she partnered with The DAISY Foundation to establish LifeShare as the first organ procurement organization CONSIDER MAKING A to recognize nurses at the bedside. FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION In addition to AACN, Nikki is also a member NATCO, the Organization for Transplant Professionals and the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants. By making a donation to LifeShare, In 2015, she founded Lorello Legal Nurse Consulting. you can help to save lives by raising Nikki earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Winston-Salem State organ and tissue donation awareness. University in 2002. Her three-year term with AACN became effective July 1, 2017. You may contribute in several ways. Please join us in congratulating her. In lieu of flowers, LifeShare may be designated as the organization to receive memorials for funerals. Contributions may also be made in the name of a transplant recipient, donor or other loved one. Each person who makes a contribution to LifeShare receives a thank you letter. A separate letter is sent to the family or person in whose honor the donation was made.

Please mail your check, payable to LifeShare, to the address on the back of the newsletter. All contributions are tax-deductible and are used for public education purposes. Somebody sign him up! 10-year old Jackson, a liver transplant recipient, threw a perfect first pitch at the Charlotte Knights baseball game in late August. Jackson is a true sports buff playing football, basketball and baseball with Harrisburg Parks and Rec. In baseball, he plays all positions but his favorite is pitcher.

6 LIFESHARE OF THE CAROLINAS LifeShare gratefully acknowledges the commitment of all nurses and other medical personnel who help to further the ideals of organ and tissue donation. It is through their efforts and the generosity of donor family members that donation occurs. When comparing statistics, please note that not all hospitals have the same donor potential.

DONOR STATISTICS BY HOSPITAL Apri l– June 2017 Quilt

Hospital Eye Organ Tissue of Angel Medical Center 0 0 0 Life Asheville Specialty Hospital 0 0 0 Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals 0 0 2 LifeShare is pleased to offer Broughton Hospital 0 0 0 CarePartners Rehabilitation Hospital 0 0 0 donor family members a Carolinas ContinueCARE Hospital - Kings Mountain 1 0 0 special way to remember Carolinas ContinueCARE Hospital - Pineville 0 0 0 Carolinas ContinueCARE Hospital - University 0 0 0 their loved one s— through Carolinas Medical Center 35 13 26 our memorial quilts, the Carolinas Medical Center - Mercy 0 0 0 Quilts of Life. Carolinas Rehabilitation - Charlotte 0 0 0 Carolinas Rehabilitation - Mt. Holly 0 0 0 We display the quilts in our Carolinas Rehabilitation - NorthEast 0 0 0 office and at special events CaroMont Regional Medical Center 8 2 6 CaroMont Regional Medical Center - Mt Holly 1 0 0 designed to promote organ Cherokee Indian Hospital 0 0 0 and tissue donation. Squares CHS - Anson 1 0 0 are added to the quilts at CHS - Behavioral Health - Randolph 0 0 0 CHS - Cleveland 4 0 1 least once a year, usually in CHS - Harrisburg 0 0 0 the spring in time for CHS - Huntersville 1 0 0 CHS - Kannapolis 0 0 0 National Donate Life Month. CHS - Kings Mountain 0 0 1 If you would like to add a CHS - Lincoln 4 0 4 square in memory of your CHS - NorthEast 9 0 9 CHS - Pineville 2 1 1 loved one and to see our CHS - Southpark 0 0 0 quilts, visit our web site at CHS - Stanly 3 0 2 CHS - Steele Creek 1 0 1 lifesharecarolinas.org for size CHS - Union 5 0 2 dimensions, a release form CHS - University 1 0 1 and other details. You may CHS - Waxhaw 0 0 0 Harris Regional Hospital 0 0 0 also call us for additional Haywood Regional Medical Center 0 0 0 information at (704) 512-3303. Highlands-Cashiers Hospital 1 0 1 Lake Norman Regional Medical Center 0 1 0 We look forward to receiving Mission Hospital 9 5 9 additional squares and to Murphy Medical Center 2 0 1 Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center 1 0 0 sharing the memory of your Novant Health Matthews Medical Center 3 0 3 loved one with others. Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center 6 4 5 Pardee Hospital 2 0 2 Park Ridge Health 0 0 2 Rutherford Regional Health System 2 0 3 St. Lukes Hospital 0 0 0 Strategic Behavioral Center - Charlotte 0 0 0 Swain Community Hospital 0 0 0 Transylvania Regional Hospital 1 0 2 VA Medical Center 0 0 0

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5000-D Airport Center Parkway Charlotte, NC 28208

Five Marathons in Five Days The First Heart Transplant Run Takes Place November 1 2–16

Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis, Usain Bolt, the Road Runner, Steve Prefontaine, Ted Frank. What do they all have in common? They are all famous runners. Well almost. Dr. Ted Frank, the last person on the list, is better known for his work as a Transplant Surgeon and as the Medical Director of the Sanger Clinic Heart and Pulmonary Hypertension Program. Over the years, he has performed hundreds of heart transplants. Some of you are the beneficiaries of his work. Dr. Frank is always in search of a challenge. He has run over 30 marathons and ultramarathons as a seasoned long-distance runner. His latest challenge is to run five marathons in five days to raise funds to benefit the patients whose own endurance has inspired him. That’s a total of 131 miles! Each day, November 1 2–16, 2017, Dr. Frank will run a 26-mile course around noon starting at the fountain in Charlotte’s Freedom Park. He is asking people to join him to run OR to walk the last mile each day. He and his wife, Cynthia, are sponsoring the inaugural Heart Transplant Run, but they hope to get additional sponsors, both corporate and individual. 100% of the proceeds will be used to help heart transplant patients with their expenses. To see a cute video they created for the event, visit www.thehearttransplantrun.com. There, you can see Dr. Frank run, watch his beard grow and more importantly, learn more about how you can donate to the cause and/or join him in the last mile on one of the five days.