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    When 10-year-old Sophie grew her angel wings in 2016, her family didn’t have to think too long about giving the gift of life to others. In fact, her mum Karina said it took about 30 seconds for them to decide.'Of course we would donate. Sophie always wanted to help people!' she said.The last… Sophie – donor, Qld
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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. Here, Valasia tells their story.As a little… Stephania
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    “A family has saved my life – I just wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for them.”  Stephanie had been living with idiopathic primary pulmonary hypertension (IPAH), causing high blood pressure in arteries in her lungs and heart, before receiving a lifesaving double lung transplant.  In… A picture of Stehanie
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    It was in March that I went to see my GP regarding constant headaches over a 2-week period. Preliminary observations showed a very high blood pressure which had been left unchecked for a lengthy period of time. Blood and urine tests were also taken. Less than a few hours later my GP called to… Stephen
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    Steve was born with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and was always unwell. He remembers surgical procedures and many visits to gastroenterologists to try to gain weight. Steve was on the waitlist for a liver transplant for 5 months before his family got the life-saving call. He was only 6… A man and woman pose with their two young boys in front of a large waterfall on a sunny day. The family is smiling and wearing swimmers.
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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… Stewart
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    When she was just 12-years-old, Sue was diagnosed with a kidney condition and told she would need dialysis and eventually a kidney transplant. Her childhood was turned upside down, and she faced an uncertain future.   ‘I was at boarding school in Perth – the school nurse had taken me to… A person wearing an orange top with a round gold pendant necklace, standing indoors. In the background, there is a refrigerator covered with magnets and papers, and a dining table with various items on it.
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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… Bruce
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    I was working as a regional donor coordinator for four years when my dad was diagnosed with end stage kidney failure secondary to undiagnosed cardiomyopathy. My dad was a farmer and was used to working 15 hours a day. To see him on dialysis and the restrictions to his life, gave me new found… Sue
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    “It’s not part of the handbook. When you decide to have kids, you think life will be easy, happy and normal. When this diagnosis came through, we were learning on the job. What’s this condition? What does it all mean?”  At 10 weeks old, Sunny was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a rare… Sunny pictured in front of a pink backdrop
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