Second ChanceOrgan donation has been a part of this world since the beginning of time, many stories have been told that body parts were taken from a person or animal and they were put into another body (see Organ and Tissue Transplants). In the first half of the 20th century, doctors inserted animal organs into humans (organ and tissue transplants). It was like this until doctors in Russia named Dr. U. Voronoy, in the year 1936, performed the first human-to-human kidney transplant (Organ & Tissue Trans). Although Dr. U. Voronoy's surgery was successful, the patient died after just two days with the new kidney. After many unsuccessful attempts with kidney transplant, it wasn't until Ronald Herrick wanted to donate a healthy kidney to his identical twin. The operation was performed on December 23, 1954 at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Joseph Murray and the transplant surgical team lead identical twin, Richard, to many healthy years with his new kidney. After Dr. Murray's success with the transplant, attempts were made to transplant many organs soon after. The United States would have lost a significant number of lives without continuing the unsuccessful trials. There is a serious organ shortage in America today. At least eighteen people die every day waiting for their life-saving organs. A wise man once said, "Give my sight to the man who has never seen the sunrise, the face of a child, or the love in a woman's eyes. Give my heart to a person whose heart does not has caused nothing but endless days of pain. Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my body and find a way to make a crippled child walk. Take my cells, if necessary, and let them grow to be like this one day... middle of paper.... ..nor. Many patients are waiting on the transplant list trying to find ways around the list to live a happy life whether or not people receive an organ transplant, more than 150,000 are waiting for a solid organ transplant in the United States (organ and tissue transplant). The waiting list is for critically ill patients have alternative treatments beyond receiving a new organ. “On average 78 people in the United States receive a transplant every day” (Transplant). Only doctors can place a patient on the waiting list or move a patient up or down the waiting list. The waiting list cannot be influenced with money to help move the patient closer to the top of the waiting list. Without patients finding living organ donors or deceased organ donors, many will die waiting for a new organ that could possibly save their life.