By Toni Walker, Editor of The Bee
Take a minute and look at your driver’s license. If it was issued in the state of Texas, you may have a heart on the bottom corner that states “donor”. If you do have that designation on your license, it means that, at some point, you have expressed a desire to be an organ donor. If you are like me, you probably believed that this indicator was enough and that your wishes would be carried out thanks to that little heart. I believed that, since my license said so, my organs would be donated when the time came. That is not necessarily true. Family can still step in after you are gone and stop your organs from being donated. Also, I have learned that, in the event of a car accident, the drivers licenses usually go with the trooper working the scene, meaning the hospital would never see that little “donor” heart.
