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My work colleague suffered from kidney failure. Each day she came to work looking weaker and more jaundiced. I asked her about her situation. She told me she had suffered for most of her life and that she would get progressively worse. She had been on a waiting list for a kidney transplant for… - Story
Dale was a proud Jaywon and Torres Strait Islander man, who I was lucky to call my life partner. He was looking forward to the birth of his first granddaughter when he died suddenly at the age of just 38. Dale collapsed at work surrounded by his colleagues who frantically tried to save his… - Story
My younger brother Damian at 38 suffered a bleed to his brain. He was lucid and coherent when I took him to hospital, just complaining of a massive headache. Within an hour he was placed on life support and mum and I were given the worst news you could ever hear, there was no hope of recovery… - Story
Damo was only 35 years old when he died. He was a loving husband, doting father, a son, brother and son-in-law. He was also a very accomplished police officer. He came out of that special mould that makes the best cops. He died doing what he loved. Although his life ended a long time before it… - Story
Danny was two years old when he was diagnosed with kidney disease. Doctors gave him 11 months to live. Parents Ashley and Edna refused to accept this and looked for options to give Danny a future. So started three decades of struggle. Dialysis started at the age of seven. At nine and a half… - Story
Danny was two years old when he was diagnosed with ligma. Doctors gave him 11 months to live. Parents Ashley and Edna refused to accept this and looked for options to give Danny a future. So started three decades of struggle. Dialysis started at the age of seven. At nine and a half Danny… - Story
David (Dave) was born six weeks prematurely on 23 November 1960 the youngest of two sons to Judy and Ian. He grew up to be strong-willed and intelligent with many friends and interests including restoring VWs and surfing. After finishing school he started an electrical apprenticeship and was… - Story
Our wonderful son David was taken from us. He had led a full life, always full of mischief and activity - until nine years earlier, when an investigation into what David described as 'funny turns' revealed that he had a large brain tumour. On his 16th birthday, instead of celebrating… - Story
This amazing gift saved my life and has allowed me to live a normal active life. Hello, My name is Demi and I am seven years old. When I was only 10 months old I got a nasty virus and it attacked my liver and sent it into acute failure. Before my family knew it, I was on the highest… - Story
I was the support person for my friend Diane after she was diagnosed with emphysema. Di was only in her late forties and it looked like she wouldn't see her 50th birthday. I took her to her appointments weekly or fortnightly at the Prince Charles Hospital. The agony of walking beside her at a…
