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My story began 12 years ago, when I first fell ill. I was told that I had an incurable and rare liver disease. Four years later, I was faced with the inevitable fact that I needed a liver transplant, as my own organ was failing fast. I was just a few months short of my 50th birthday. I received… - Story
Twenty years ago I faced a sudden unexpected crisis. I had enjoyed a very interesting and varied life during a career with the Australian Diplomatic Service, most recently as head of our Consulate-General in Noumea. I was in good health and happily married with two teenage sons. I travelled to… - News
After 28 years battling Cystic Fibrosis, Cody Sheehan became the recipient of a double lung and liver transplant. This was - in his words - “the greatest gift one human can give to another”. After 28 years battling Cystic Fibrosis, Cody Sheehan became the recipient of a double lung and liver… - Story
I had been ill since birth and treated for asthma when, at the age of 17, I suffered a stroke and was admitted to hospital for tests. The stroke turned out to be a blessing in disguise as doctors found that I was not asthmatic but had been born with a hole in the heart which had led to… - Story
When she was around 46, my mother was told that she was very ill and required a lung transplant. Over the next three years, she deteriorated substantially. Very early one morning, the hospital called advising us that a transplant was possible and she had to get to the hospital. We were elated… - Story
'We are going to the beach tomorrow, I can't wait - I'm dying for a swim ...' She died the next day whilst swimming in the sea at Glenelg, South Australia. It has been the most tragic and desperate time of my life, but through her death she gave me three gifts. My last conversation with Mum… - Story
I write this on the 12th anniversary of my kidney transplant. A day of thanks, a day when my thoughts return to my donor and donor's family and a day when I reflect on how my life has changed since I first heard the words 'you have renal failure'. I was 37, fit, well and happily married with… - News
Early last year, Andrew Conway, clinically died in his sleep after suffering a massive cardiac arrest. “My wife and daughter had to do CPR on me; I was dead for about half an hour,” Andrew says. Against all odds, Andrew was brought back to life by paramedics and transported to hospital where he… - News
Charities, Herd of Hope and Cottages 4 Country Care, were the driving forces behind 'Til the cows come home - a very special delivery of a herd of cattle at the entrance of the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Charities, Herd of Hope and Cottages 4 Country Care, were the driving forces behind 'Til… - Story
Tim's diagnosis with terminal cancer three years ago did not alter his decision to be an organ donor. He used this decision as a way of dealing with his cancer, by way of focusing on others, rather than himself. Unfortunately a year before Tim passed away from cancer he learnt that his…
