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    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…
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    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…
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    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…
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    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…
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    Warren was my youngest brother and he was also a dear friend. Warren was also very close to my other brother Greg and the three of us grew up together, bonded by blood and love - we were inseparable. As brothers three we would live, socialise, laugh and make mistakes together. Our lives were full…
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    Yesterday, I slipped away and I couldn’t say goodbye. Now I rest, in this hospital bed and tears fill your eyes. With not a scratch on my face, or a mark on my skin. It’s my time to leave this life.  Today you’ll choose, as angels do, to give and not to beg. With prayers done…
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    The 10th annual DonateLife Week was launched yesterday, with the Hon Dr David Gillespie MP, urging 100,000 more Australians to sign up as organ and tissue donors. The 10th annual DonateLife Week was launched yesterday, with the Hon Dr David Gillespie MP, urging 100,000 more Australians to sign up…
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    My sister was a special person from the day she was born, as she entered the world on Christmas Day. Our family - mum, dad, Donna and myself had discussed organ donation as a family and all agreed it was a good idea, but never thought it would happen to us. Mum, dad and myself said goodbye to…
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    Mill's daughter Katrina can't remember a time when her dad was unable to play with her. Katrina, now nine, was less than two months old when her father received the life-changing gift of a new kidney. Before that, Mill required more than four hours of dialysis three times a week, with his…
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    In 2003 I lost my dearly beloved sister while she waited for a lung transplant. While she was ill my family had several conversations on organ donation. All three of our children have told their father and I that they wish to be donors - in the event of their death. At the time of my sister's…
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