1.   Despite heightened public awareness in the last Decade, the need for donated organs still far exceeds the supply.

2.   In reality, there is a great shortage of donated organs, but organ donation is a careful, well-documented medical procedure.

3.   Although half of the children waiting for a donated organ die before one becomes available, the Colemans believe Sean will be one of the lucky ones.

4.   As a result, the dispute over who should receive donated organs is intense.

5.   Currently, donated organs in Texas are offered first to patients served by the bank that collected them.

6.   Donated organs were first offered to patients within areas.

7.   Donated organs would go to the sickest patients in the United States regardless of where they live.

8.   Early in May, doctors decided that I was an appropriate candidate for liver transplantation, and my name was placed on a waiting list for a donated organ.

9.   Doctors fear damage to the donated organ, and the possibility that postsurgical painkillers may become addictive.