Austin Health

Liver Transplant News – New machine developed in Melbourne!

May 6, 2015 By Sarah in Liver Transplant, Organ Donation 1 Comment Tags: Austin Health, Liver Transplant, organ donation, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, PSC

With so many bad and heartbreaking stories being reported in the news, it was with great interest that I came across an article about a fantastic new development in liver transplantation that is happening right here in Melbourne! My regular readers will know that my husband had a liver transplant almost 3 years ago at […]

Organ Donation – When the Decision is Made (Part One)

October 20, 2014 By Sarah in Liver Transplant, Organ Donation 3 Comments Tags: Austin Health, Austin Hospital, becoming an organ donor, donatelife, Liver Transplant, organ and tissue donation, organ donation, tissue donation

My husband is alive and well today because of the generosity of a donor and their family. If they hadn’t agreed to organ donation, my husband may not have survived long enough for another liver to become available. And we are eternally grateful every minute of every day for our organ donor, their family’s decision […]