Story of two transplants.

Lauren Shields of Stony Point, New York, was a heart transplant recipient at age 10. Rather than take for granted this gift of life, she fought so that others needing transplants would be more likely to receive them. A result of that fight is that in June 2012 an organ-donor bill named for Lauren was passed in the New York Legislature.  The new bill requires any anyone applying for a driver's license to check off whether the wish to be an organ donor or not, which experts feel will greatly boost the number of organ donors in the state.  That this benefit to so many waiting for heart transplants was effected by such a young girl is especially impressive when you consider another recent transplant. War criminal Dick Cheney at 71 was powerful enough to steal a heart that should have gone to a much younger person. Despite his power, he, unlike Lauren has done nothing to advance the cause of organ donations and remains as sour and negative as ever.