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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • November 2, 2016 5A
Daniel: Organ donations keep memory alive
Photo courtesy of Nick Indra/ for Itemizer-Observer
The family of Daniel Indra honored his memory on Halloween, his
birthday, by raising awareness about organ donation.
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Nick said, at first, he wasn’t
happy with the suggestion from
his wife that they give permis-
sion for Daniel to donate to oth-
ers. He knew people — adults —
could put a donor notification
on their driver’s license, but had
never considered having to
make decisions on behalf of his
son.
Nick said the thought of doc-
tors “taking him apart” didn’t sit
well with him until he started
thinking about how his son
could help others. When he
found out it was possible to hear
from recipients, he agreed.
“I think it was a really good
decision,” he said.
Nick and Alissa got in contact
with the 65-year-old woman
who received one of Daniel’s kid-
neys. The gift meant the end of
twice-weekly dialysis treatments
while trying to care for her
Alzheimer’s -stricken husband,
Nick said.
“Now she doesn’t have to
worry about herself; she can
focus on him,” he said. “So as
much as I would love to trade
Daniel and have him back, at
least we got to hear how he
changed her life.”
A big part of the couple’s Hal-
loween night mission is to get
families to talk about what they
want to happen. Alissa said
when she decided to become a
donor at 15, she didn’t tell her
parents, but she should have.
“I really want to encourage
parents to talk about it,” she
said, adding the decision she
and Nick had to make at the hos-
pital was stressful. “It wasn’t the
time to sit and talk about it.”
She added that people are
never too old or sick to donate.
Even people who have a history
of substance abuse can donate,
Did you know?
• In the United States, peo-
ple are waiting for more than
130,000 organs for trans-
plant.
• One organ donor can
save eight lives.
• One eye and tissue donor
can heal more than 50 peo-
ple.
• On average, 22 people
die each day waiting for
transplants.
• You can donate blood,
bone marrow, one kidney
and a portion of a lung or
liver while alive.
For more information
about becoming a donor:
www.donatelifenw.org; 1-
800-452-1369.
even if it’s just for research.
“They will be able to use
something,” she said.
Rabbits: Dallas youth takes top prize
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Given the amount of time
Emily has spent raising and
learning about rabbits, that
she won top honors in the
nation shouldn’t be a shock.
Emily has been working
with rabbits since elemen-
tary school. She and Jennifer
have logged countless miles,
by air and road, traveling to
conventions and other com-
petitions over the years.
Emily has no shortage of
things to say about her Hi-
malayan bunnies, nor is she
lacking enthusiasm for her
hobby. She studies almost
obsessively.
“Hundreds and hundreds
of hours that she studies —
and that’s what it takes to
win,” Jennifer said.
Emily isn’t shy about con-
sulting experts either.
“One thing that I’ve done
is talk to judges, work under
them,” she said. “You go to
shows and you go through
all the rabbits there and try
to identify all the varieties
and talk to breeders.”
Her depth of knowledge
and experience was tested in
another way during the con-
vention as she took 12 Hi-
malayan rabbits and nine
cavies (guinea pigs) to com-
pete in the youth shows.
She had four top-five fin-
ishes, including best in sen-
ior black buck. Her bunnies
ear ned best black Hi-
malayan display and tied for
best Himalayan lilac display.
Emily was named 10th in
the nation for youth Hi-
malayan breeders.
“That’s the highlight of the
convention,” she said. “You
get to see all of your friends,
and you get to meet people
from across the nation.”
Emily said the royalty con-
test is a “perk,” but one that
gives young breeders some-
thing more to achieve than
best of breed or best in show.
“ARBA has a really strong
youth program, and the roy-
alty program is the way for
the organization to encour-
age youth to learn about rab-
bits more and to continue
with their projects,” she said.
It’s worked for her. The
five years after high school
will be packed with a double
major in pre-med and Span-
ish, but Emily doesn’t want
to get too far away from rab-
bits. She’s contemplating re-
turning to the national con-
vention to compete in indi-
vidual contests for her final
year — and then pursue
even more achievements.
“It’s also a little bit sad to
win queen because it’s like
the end of a journey,” she
said. “But it’s also the start of
another, because I want to
get my judge’s license in a
couple of years.”
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