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    My work colleague suffered from kidney failure. Each day she came to work looking weaker and more jaundiced. I asked her about her situation. She told me she had suffered for most of her life and that she would get progressively worse. She had been on a waiting list for a kidney transplant for… Heart Image
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    Cooper was a bright, energetic 4-year-old who loved to run, play, and make everyone around him smile. He had an infectious laugh and a curious mind, always ready to explore the world around him. His kindness and love for others shone through even at such a young age. Tragically, Cooper’s… Little boy in a black shirt and white beanie, sticking his tongue out in a playful manner towards the camera. He is standing outside on a sandy bank with a lake in the background.
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    Dale was a proud Jaywon and Torres Strait Islander man, who I was lucky to call my life partner. He was looking forward to the birth of his first granddaughter when he died suddenly at the age of just 38. Dale collapsed at work surrounded by his colleagues who frantically tried to save his… Dale
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    My younger brother Damian suffered a bleed to his brain aged 38. He was lucid and coherent when I took him to hospital, just complaining of a massive headache. Within an hour he was placed on life support and mum and I were given the worst news you could ever hear: there was no hope of recovery… Damian
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    Damo was only 35 years old when he died. He was a loving husband, doting father, a son, brother and son-in-law. He was also a very accomplished police officer. He came out of that special mould that makes the best cops. He died doing what he loved. Although his life ended a long time before it… Damian
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    Daniel was born in Mildura. He raced through childhood with the usual broken bones and stitches. He played guitar from a young age and went on to share his love of music, laughter and stories while sharing a Bundy or a beer around a barbie with mates and family.At about 20 he moved to South… Daniel
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    Danny was two years old when he was diagnosed with kidney disease. Doctors gave him 11 months to live. Parents Ashley and Edna refused to accept this and looked for options to give Danny a future. So started three decades of struggle. Dialysis started at the age of seven. At nine and a half… Danny and Edna
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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 passed away I… Heart Image
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    “You can’t put into words what it means to get a second chance at life.”  At the age of 28, after a routine check-up at his GP experiencing bad stomach pains, David was diagnosed with Liver Cirrhosis, a condition that impairs liver function and causes irreversible liver damage. …
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    My wife and I have witnessed both sides of the donation and transplantation equation. We became a donor family when our youngest son David died at the age of 20 and became an organ donor, and then later I was to become a recipient following my own lung transplant.Many years ago we were advised… To Give
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