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Stories of strength and resilience amid adversity are being showcased in a new podcast series... Stories of strength and resilience amid adversity are being showcased in a new podcast series produced by our DonateLife Victoria team. Let’s Talk Organ and Tissue Donation shines a light on… - Story
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… - News
Suffering intestinal failure since infancy, Brendan Cole’s outlook looked grim, until Austin Health surgeons performed an Australian first – a complex multi-organ transplant, which included replacing his small intestine, liver, pancreas and duodenum. Suffering intestinal failure since infancy,… - 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… - Basic page
The Organ and Tissue Authority website has been designed to meet the Australian Government standards established for web accessibility. The Organ and Tissue Authority website has been designed to meet the Australian Government standards established for web accessibility. Our website aims to… - 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…
