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When I die...if you don't donate my organs, I swear by the All-Father that I will come back to haunt you.

This is what I told the Monsters recently, during a dinner table discussion about Blogathon, The National Kidney Foundation, and the importance of being an organ donor.

Aside from filling out an organ donor card, the single most important thing you can do if you intend to donate your organs is to talk to your family about it. Firmly, clearly, and often!

Eighteen year-old Julian Byrd, of Philadelphia, had done exactly that. The memories of those conversations helped his grieving mother come to a decision and consent to donate Julian's organs.

Julian was able to help six people - strangers all - lead healthier, longer lives. His gift of his kidneys helped two fathers - one of three children, one of four. He may be gone, but his mother knows that he still lives on through the people whose lives he helped extend through his gift of organ donation.

Susan Deaton raised a hell of a generous young man, and that's something to be proud of.