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    Valasia is familiar with the life-saving benefits that transplantation makes to people's lives. Her youngest daughter, Stephania, was put on the liver transplant waiting list when she was one year old, waiting 20 months before a liver became available. As a little girl Stephania was in and out…
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    At birth, I was premature, breach, unable to pass urine and unable to breathe without assistance. I had a condition known as Posterior Urethral Valves. The doctors gave my parents two choices; one was to turn off the life support and let me die and the other was an operation that might prolong my…
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    Story of encouragement My son Stewart was tragically killed in a freak motor bike accident. I still find it hard to believe that he is gone and that I just can't wake up from this nightmare. Stewart was like an angel that shone a light on this dark world. He lived to be a good servant of…
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    These patient stories provide some personal insights of donors, recipients and the teams involved in the ANZKX program. The following patient stories provide some personal insights of donors, recipients and the teams involved in the ANZKX program. These individual stories demonstrate the…
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    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…
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    T' is for thank you, time, treatment, transplant and trams ... trams? Forget Freud, I'm thinking Stevie Wonder, rhythm and lyrics to Higher Ground. I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then ... gonna keep on tryin' ... 'til I reach my highest ground. Skirting along Hobart's silvery…
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    I was 28 years old and lived a spontaneous outgoing lifestyle. I worked hard and enjoyed socialising. I was soon diagnosed with kidney failure due to an unfortunate case of extreme food poisoning. After feeling unwell over a few days, I visited my GP and was prescribed blood pressure…
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    Parliamentarians were out in numbers as the Federal Minister responsible for the Organ and Tissue Authority, Mark Coulton, launched the 15th annual Gift of Life’s DonateLife Walk, a community activity to promote organ and tissue donation and… Parliamentarians were out in numbers as the Federal…
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    At age 7 our little girl Tessa has dealt with a lot. She has a mummy with Leukaemia, has undergone spinal procedures, had a broken leg and received a kidney transplant. Tessa’s health deteriorated sometime around Easter. She had become tired, weak and had a lack of appetite. We put it down to…
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