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    Terry was a decent family man, a fine lawyer and a respected politician. In 2007 when he died of heart failure while cycling at Red Hill. He was an ACT Supreme Court Judge. He didn't expect to die and had much to live for. His daughters Lara and Maddy turned 15 and 14 years old two and five days… Terry
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    Muffy lived her whole life in pain until a life-changing bone marrow transplant when in her 60s. She was also the recipient of a sight-saving corneal transplant at 70.Diagnosed with scoliosis at age 11, Muffy said the constant pain became a part of her life.‘The curvature appeared when I was… Muffy – bone marrow and corneal recipient, NSW
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    As a baby, there would have been endless sleepless nights for you. As a toddler, I would have kept you on your feet. As a teenager, no doubt I gave you many headaches. I thought you were too strict and over protective, I wanted to run away. The day I got diagnosed with my illness, the only… Mum
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    Our beautiful Cheryl (Mum) left us as the result of a choking accident (food). It is hard to comprehend and brain death is even harder. On arrival at the hospital we were told to expect the worst and then asked if we had considered organ donation.We spent the next four days bedside, barely… Heart Image
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    I feel that the sad stories need to be told as well as the successful and happy ones. Mum was a 58 year old who had never smoked in her life.  She loved the outdoors and her family.  At the time of her death, her grandchildren were four and two.  My twin sister and I were twenty… Leonie
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    In February my brother Danny passed away at Cairns. He went into a diabetic coma a few days earlier. I can remember one day I asked him about organ donation should anything ever happen to him. His answer was, "Well if they can find anything useful, they're welcome to it." When Danny… Heart Image
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    A few years ago I was lucky to be a recipient of a corneal transplant. To my shock the optometrist informed me that I had keratoconus and I had to go to a specialist for more information. My cornea was in a cone shape so I was not able to see properly through my right eye. I decided to have an… Julie
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    My Dad passed away in early 2014. Today, and for all the years to come, we will live with the consequences of him being gone and while the pain is not the raw shock and denial it was one year ago, that feeling of loss will always be there. Yet I still consider myself lucky as I have the comfort… My dad
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    Organ donation has affected my family as my father was one of the lucky ones to receive a kidney from an organ donor. In September 1986 he received a kidney transplant.  I can still remember what he went through doing a full day’s work and then going to hospital to go on dialysis for 3 –… Ken
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    The way I remember Hunter is him being a little ratbag, laughing at the world and thinking that he was the boss. Hunter had my heart wrapped around his little finger. He was and still is the highlight of my life. Hunter was born in late 2005. Arriving two and a half weeks early, he weighed 8… Hunter
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