Its funny how houses can hold so many memories….but once things change, and people move on, suddenly it doesn’t feel like home anymore… Since leaving my parent’s home, I have lived in various places, in various suburbs…each felt like home for the time we were there, but then it came a time when we needed […]
Today is a very special day in our household…two years ago, my husband had his life saving liver transplant! A six hour operation that has turned his life around, and given him back his health…albeit highly monitored by the Liver Transplant Unit staff and controlled by various medications! Even though all those weeks, then months, […]
Yesterday, we went to a very special event…the DonateLife 2014 Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving. The purpose of the Service is to provide a forum in which acknowledgement can be made to donors and their families. It is also a time that we who have our lives changed by organ and tissue donation can give […]
As regular readers of Zinc Moon will know, my husband had a liver transplant in June 2012….almost two years ago! He was lucky…he got a donor liver in time, and had an almost trouble free recovery that has meant he has been able to enjoy this second chance of life! So, when we heard about […]
I have being sharing my husband’s liver transplant story with you all over the last week or so to promote DonateLife Week 2014. He was lucky…getting a new liver is not easy…you are assessed thoroughly and if something doesn’t seem right, you won’t make it on the list. Then once you are on the list…doesn’t mean […]
This morning my husband and I got up early, collected our morning Chai teas, and headed into the Austin Hospital. Not for any medical reason…this visit was different…we were working as volunteers at the information table for the Donatelife Week 2104. My husband had done this last year, but I missed out due to work […]
Waiting for a transplant can be the most worrying, scary, nervous, horrible time….even just getting on the list is not easy…you need to be sick enough to need a transplant, but well enough to survive the actual operation! So when the call finally comes through, its hard not to be more than a little excited…and […]
DonateLife Week 2014 starts tomorrow, promoting organ donation awareness across Australia. So I thought I would share my husband’s liver transplant story…some of you may already have heard our story, but we feel it is important to share it as much as possible to promote the importance of organ donation, and how it can change […]