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life-sustaining temporary replacement until the patient’s own skin is available for permanent coverage. Cornea1 transplantation is a medically accepted treatment for patients with blindness caused by diseases of the cornea. Bone transplantation is indicated for patients who have bone cancer or traumatic injury to a limb and who would otherwise require amputation. Q. Can my eyes be donated for cornea1 transplantulion if I wear glasses to correct my vision? A. Yes. All corneas are acceptable regardless of sight abnormalities. Q. Will the identity of the donor be revealed to the recipient? A. No. The wishes of the people involved are respected, and the identity of both the recipients and the donors must remain confidential. The New England Organ Bank will send a letter to the donor’s family, confirming that the transplants were performed. Q. Will the body try to reject the new organ? A. Yes. As long as the transplanted organ functions, transplant recipients must take medication to help prevent the body from rejecting the organ. Some patients have retained kidney transplants for 20 years. Eye, skin, and bone transplant recipients do not require antirejection medications. Q. What happens if the body rejects a transplanted kidney? A. Speciali?.ed medications are administered to correct the rejection, but if the organ does not respond, the kidney recipient must rcturx tc~ dialysis. Q. How many transplants can a person have? A. Some patients have had as many as live kidney transplants. Second heart. liver, pancreas, and lung transplants have been performed less frequently.