Parents: if your kid needed a heart transplant and got one. How would you explain to your child (if they are young) that some other kid had to die for them to live. Could you explain it to them or would you just wait till they got older?
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Why would you explain to them that a kid had to die for them to live? actually they say not to even tell them that. Just tell them an Angel from Heaven sent them a heart.
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Well, first of all, another kid didn't DIE in order for mine to live. The other kid DIED and his heart was DONATED afterwards, as a part of his, or his parent's, desire to do something good afterwards, possibly to save another child's life who needs his heart more than he does. THAT'S how I would explain it. And I wouldn't wait until the child was older...if the child is old enough to talk, he's old enough to realize the surgery he's about to undergo is, at the very least, important. All the bruhahah going into the preps over the months will tell him that. Explaining things to him, in terms he can understand, will help him to deal with the entire process. Including the part about the heart transplant.
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I would explain it to her when she was young. My daughter is 4, but understands everything...and actually gets it, and shes ok with it...cuz she understands things early. I dont know why we havta hide things cuz they are kids...they get it more than adults do. And I wouldnt say they died. I would just explain to her, that another child got hurt...and the doctors werent able to save em...and their parents love their kids so much, and know other parents love their kids so much....so even though their baby died, they are saving probably 5 other kiddos, and are happy they can at least be a part of that. And in a way a little part of that boy is still alive. Inside of you. I know without a doubt she would understand what I told her. Shes smart. And I also almost guarentee, she would smile...and say something that has kid wisdom in it.
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hm i might tell a kid that
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Considering that a heart transplant recipient will live, at best, 10 years, I would try to explain it at the soonest possible time and enjoy every minute you have left.
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I would tell them as soon as I knew of the inpending transplant possibility. I had a lung transplant 15 years ago and I received my lung from a child (age 13) and I was 28. I had two small girls and they were told everything from the time I became sick until I received my transplant. My daughters were 7 and 3 at the time. Children are smart and understand more than we tend to give them credit for.
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