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1995 will forever remain as the most important year of my life. Whilst it was also the last time my beloved Carlton held the AFL Premiership Cup, it was that year, I was able to afford my wife the greatest gift of all, a new kidney. From an unfairly tender age, my wife Sue suffered… - Story
Who'd want my heart it's cold and black But God told me not to bring it back. He said to leave it from where I came Others could use it just the same. My eyes and all other parts as well Don't take them to Heaven or to hell. So everybody when you go Check all your organs at the front… - Story
My name is Racquel. Last year I celebrated my 40th birthday and this year I will celebrate 17 years of life that I would not have had, were it not for a kidney transplant. When I was 23, my kidney function deteriorated after years of kidney disease. I went onto dialysis and managed this at… - Story
In 1953 I was losing my sight because of the genetic condition keratoconus. A surgeon told me a graft was a risky procedure but it could be beneficial. I had tried contact lenses but they were hard and uncomfortable, so I wore them only when I had to - on special occasions such as going to the… - Story
Flying across the Pacific Ocean, the little girl looked down onto the cotton clouds below her and said to her mum, "We're closer to Aaron up here." That was two years after her mum's best friend had come to her with the news that she could not bear to say aloud. "Leah, Aaron is in the hospital… - Story
My son Adam needed a liver transplant otherwise he wouldn't have made it to school age. On day three after his birth the pediatrician sent him to another hospital and that's when they realised that he had Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency (OTCD) which resulted in liver damage that was very… - Story
I have always tried to face challenges head-on, something which I have had to do since I was born. At birth I was diagnosed with 1/8th of a working kidney and was told that I would never see my second birthday. Instead I spent the first five years of my life in and out of hospital having… - Story
As a mother of three small children, contracting glaucoma and nearly losing my sight was rather traumatic. It left us wondering how we would cope raising a family and being able to give them all that was necessary with limited or no vision. With expert medical care including trips to the eye… - Story
Alex was just 19 years old when he died, as a result of complications with his Type 1 diabetes. He was living in Adelaide, having the time of his life, pursuing his dreams by studying to become an aeronautical engineer. His death was, for us, completely out of the blue. For someone who had been… - Story
I was nearly two when I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes (Juvenile Diabetes). My parents were told this was a 'life sentence, with no cure'. That news changed my whole family. Daily urine testing and injecting became the routine. As time went by and technology improved, blood testing with…
