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COVID In Colorado: Pandemic Has Deep Impact On Organ Donation

We may take for granted our own organs and what they do for us.

(CBS News)

February 11, 2021

(CBS4)– We may take for granted our own organs and what they do for us. But Feb. 14 gives us the reminder we need: be grateful because not everyone’s organs work.

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Gregg Farber knows first-hand. Seventeen years ago, both his dad’s kidneys were failing. That’s when Farber stepped up.

“In my case, it was my father, so it was an easy decision. But there are real heroes out there that give kidneys and livers to people they don’t even know. The more educated we become about how many people are doing that, I think the more lives we’ll save.”

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