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    I am 36 years old and come from a Vietnamese background. One and a half years ago I was diagnosed with liver cancer. I felt like I was sentenced to death and was waiting to be hung. It was the hardest moment in my life. I was diagnosed with liver cancer by a doctor who told me I needed a liver… Heart Image
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    I cannot find the words to thank the family and the donor of my liver – who is now resting in peace.I was put on the transplant waiting list 2 days after my wedding. I was not allowed to go on a honeymoon because I was so sick. I can't look at my wedding photos now.I was told they had a liver for… Eda
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    While you are reading this I may be admiring my newly painted bedroom walls, switching on the television set or planning my next overseas trip. I might read a book or magazine, choose a recipe or perform any number of activities which we ‘sighted' people take for granted. A few years ago I was… Elaine
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    At just 2 years of age, Elise was enduring the hardest part of the transplant journey – the waiting game.She’d been born full-term but underweight, weighing just 1.83kg. Tests showed her little liver was full of cirrhosis, which meant she urgently needed a liver transplant to survive. … Young girl in a peach coloured polka dot shirt with Mini Mouse in the centre. She is holding her hands in the shape of a heart.
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    The hardest moments in life are the ones that are unpredictable and the ones you can't control. I was born healthy but at about 4 weeks old I became sick and was diagnosed with biliary atresia – a rare liver condition in newborns. As a 5-month-old baby I was put on a waiting list for a liver… Heart Image
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    Our mum Ellen was taken from us after battling influenza in intensive care for nine weeks. Mum was aged 45 at the time. I remember the day well when I came home from work to find Mum wasn't there, she had been taken to emergency by my sister earlier that day and I was none the wiser. Mum… Ellen
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    The gift of sight is a precious one that many take for granted. I am not one of those people. When I was born with an ulcer on my left cornea, my parents were understandably devastated. The idea of me not being able to see the world in all its wonder and beauty crushed them. All, however, was not… Heart Image
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    Changing Ellie’s nappy for the first time without her being hooked up to monitors, the first time she was able to touch her toes, her first small family picnic outside hospital grounds…these are the things that will stick with young Ellie’s family forever as big milestones. Ellie’s life was… Ellie – heart recipient, NSW
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    As a teenager, Emily was living her dream. A fit and healthy 15-year-old, Emily moved to London to train as a classical ballet dancer, until a shock Type 1 diabetes diagnosis changed everything.  “Having diabetes as a ballet dancer was insanely difficult to manage,” Emily recalls.… Emily Harvey case study tile
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    Six weeks after giving birth to Hudson, Emily’s world came crashing around her when she discovered she needed a new heart.  She was struggling to walk from the living room to her bedroom without being out of breath. At times she would gasp for air, she lost her appetite and there were… Emily holding her son
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