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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 –…
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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…
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    My name is Tracy and two years ago my husband died suddenly and unexpectedly from an aneurysm in his brain. At the time we had a three month old baby and a 20 month old toddler - two gorgeous boys who would grow up never knowing the father that loved them dearly. Both Sean and I had spoken…
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    Jude is a big part of my life and she has always been a source of total honesty for my life. I remember staying with Jude and sharing the mundane morning ritual of brushing our teeth and watching with awe at the massive array of tablets she would calmly throw down. Jude has never appeared ill. It…
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    I am a farmer and we run sheep and grow vegetable crops. My wife would often ask me what was wrong as I was getting tired easily and couldn't stand for very long. I started to get terrific headaches that would last for 24 hours, and at times I became confined to bed. Following several…
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    It was my husband's 31st birthday and our kids (two and four years of age) were fast asleep. My hubby and I had just finished packing away a load of washing and were climbing into bed when his phone rang. It was a phone call I will never forget - a phone call I wish we never had to receive. A…
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    Polycystic kidney disease has burdened our family for 3 generations now. My mother who was admitted into hospital 4 years with her kidneys functioning at just 7%, is lucky to be alive. Thanks to an angel, mum recently received a kidney and is starting to lead a normal life again! My brother and I…
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