Friday Trivia

Ah! That wonderful F word once again. You truly gotta love it! And, I'm
ending off the week with a 9/10, so I'm content with that. It would have
been 10, but I second-guessed myself on one question. I really should have
gone with my first instinct. But,
here are the questions.

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Book discussion; - Organ Donation, Yes or No?

I'm currently reading the book Irreplaceable by Stephen
Lovely. The description of the book can be found by clicking on the
link. However, for this entry to make sense, I'll put part of the
description here too.

"Lovely's debut novel, a touching journey of the heart, tracks what
happens to two Midwestern families after a death and a gift of life.
Archeologist Alex Voormann and his plant biologist wife, Isabel, had a
pleasant enough life in Iowa until Isabel was struck and killed while
riding her bicycle. Alex reluctantly complies with her wish to be an
organ donor, which saves the life of Janet Corcoran, a 34-year-old
Chicago art teacher and mother of two. Lovely thoughtfully weaves the
tales of these two families together, tracing the realities of love and
loss of all kinds as Alex attempts to move on, the man who was driving
the truck that killed Isabel begins popping up in unexpected places, and
Janet seeks out Alex and Isabel's mother to thank them and express her
guilt and empathy."

I picked this one up pretty much on a whim, and I've found it to be a
very good read. Since the central idea of the novel focuses on organ
donation, I've found the issues and the things that each person deals
with and goes through to be absolutely fascinating, and it's really made
me think about things.

Growing up, I never really thought about whether I wanted to be an organ
donor or not. As kids, we talked about it, but, at least for me, I
really didn't know truly what it meant. I may have said that I'd donate
myself to science, but I was pretty much just repeating what I heard
others say, and I didn't understand what I was saying.

Then, fifteen years ago I started getting a pain in my right eye. I went
to my doctor and was told that I had an eye infection and was told to
keep it covered and use eye drops. When it wasn't better a couple of
weeks later, I went back to the doctor who took another look and sent me
the same day to an eye doctor. I was then diagnosed with severe

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