As part of the open celebrations for the Australian Transplant Games being held here in Melbourne, there was a public activation held today at Federation Square. We were all given orange t-shirts to wear, and it was like a third team had somehow become involved in the AFL Grand Final….there were Hawks supporters in brown […]
Melbourne is currently abuzz with excitement for the AFL Grand Final taking place this Saturday (27th Sept), but there is another important event which begins in this very city this weekend….the Australian Transplant Games! I wrote about the Games a few weeks ago…click here to read…and now the action is about to begin! The Australian […]
The countdown has begun…the Australian Transplant Games are being held right here in Melbourne from 26th September – 4th October! At the time of writing this, there are 442 registered participants who will compete in 21 sporting events….and my husband will be one of them! I still find it hard to believe that the man […]
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 […]
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 […]
Now the year is coming to an end, my thoughts turn to how much we have to be grateful for….and there is one thing that comes to the top of my list. See the man running in this photo….let me introduce him..please meet my husband, Jas! Now you are probably wondering why this photo would […]