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If you had to choose whom to donate an organ to, your spouse or your child, whom would you pick and why?
Assume that a terrible tragedy occurred that left two of your loved ones, your spouse and your child needing a kidney transplant. After careful testing, you found out that you were a matching donor for both of them but could only donate a kidney to one of them, since you need the other to live. Whom would you choose? Would you be able to choose? Or would you hope and pray for another solution and not donate to either. Tell me about your potential decisions.
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October 07, 2009 01:41 AM
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That's a tough call. I love both my wife and my daughter. But if this will happen to me, I will choose my daughter. My wife will be happy with that, and I know she wouldn't have it another way. Second, our child still has the future and that will be our gift. Children are a source of joy and inspiration. As parents, we often put them first on the priority list. We watched them since they came into our lives, trying our best to protect them from being hurt. Then again, parents will not be there all the time. They have to discover everything all to themselves, even if it means failing from time to time. But how could they uncover anything if we put a period to their lives. Again, I choose my daughter. I know there's a place for my wife and I...in the after life...Peace!
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October 06, 2009 04:44 PM
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i will donate my organ to my child .because the future of this world is in the hands of coming generation and it is for our child that me and my wife live he is of lesser age and i will say let he live i think my wife will also agree to my decision and i will pray for my wife
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October 06, 2009 04:46 PM
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I'd donate to the child, because if my spouse survived and found out I'd let our child die, she'd kill me.
Now, to be fair, I should qualify that by noting that I'm from a part of the world where people think about having kids, and a lot is invested in them.
I know that in other parts of the world, children are a commodity, and a husband would think that it's more important to keep the wife alive, because if she survives, they can just have more.
But that's not how it works where I live.
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Now, to be fair, I should qualify that by noting that I'm from a part of the world where people think about having kids, and a lot is invested in them.
I know that in other parts of the world, children are a commodity, and a husband would think that it's more important to keep the wife alive, because if she survives, they can just have more.
But that's not how it works where I live.
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October 06, 2009 06:31 PM
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Even though I love them both, I would have to choose my child. My husband would agree with my decision since everything we do is for our children. I would also gather all family and friends to help find a match for my spouse. Prayer helps in all situations, even if the answer wasn't what you wanted to hear.
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October 07, 2009 02:24 AM
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Well, if there's really no options like finding another donors of kidney or other organs, I would choose my child. My wife and I had already explored life and experienced troubles and years of happiness. We are mature enough to know what is right. Our child who is just beginning to learn the ways of living and will have many challenges in life to encounter so he/she should be free of this kind of this decision. I know that my wife would do the same thing when she is in this situation. It is really hard to decide if you are in this reality. You should talk about it with your husband or wife. Pray that everything will be fine. Be Strong.
Everything happens for a reason and most of the time it really hurts. But that is the way life is. We should just trust in Him that He will always guide us and would not let things such as that situation to happen to us.
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Everything happens for a reason and most of the time it really hurts. But that is the way life is. We should just trust in Him that He will always guide us and would not let things such as that situation to happen to us.
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October 07, 2009 10:23 AM
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I chose my wife . as my child belongs to me and im the one who welcomed him to the world i consider i still have little right on my child not on my wife .she belongs to some other family and trusted me and decided to lead her whole life with me .I need to take care of her till i die .
Even if child dies we can still have another child or we can adopt one .More over we never know what my child's future will . what if he becomes another osama ? may be einstien still the chances are fifty-fifty . I know my wife, she had enough pain raising the child and giving birth to him . I think she deserve to have some happy life too..
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Even if child dies we can still have another child or we can adopt one .More over we never know what my child's future will . what if he becomes another osama ? may be einstien still the chances are fifty-fifty . I know my wife, she had enough pain raising the child and giving birth to him . I think she deserve to have some happy life too..
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October 07, 2009 02:38 PM
I agree with much of what you say. I would like to add that if there are other children, their need for their mother would be a major concern. As bad as it is to lose a brother or sister, for a child to lose it's mother is even more devastating. A child is not as well equipped to deal with the trauma of "my mother died so that I could live". They are so far from being developed emotionally or mentally. A mother with other children is better equipped to carry on as she is completely mature emotionally and mentally, and she may be able to carry on for the sake of the children. I also choose the mother.
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