As regular readers will know, my husband had a liver transplant just over three years ago due to having an autoimmune disease that affected his liver (PSC). He was on the waiting list for 14 months, and was only weeks away from dying when the call came…a liver had been found. This call caused a […]
Three years ago, my husband had just passed the five week post liver transplant mark and was well onto the road to recovery. Fast forward to today, and he has completed another goal on his list. He participated in the Run Melbourne 10km run, and despite being somewhat nervous, he did it easily…looked like he […]
Today, we were up and about very early, heading into the hospital for my husband’s six monthly checkup. It was a little weird going in there today, as exactly three years ago, he had just had his liver transplant. In fact, this day three years ago, he looked like this…this was taken just after he […]
On this day three years ago, my husband and I had the most stressful, emotional, so happy yet so sad kind of day. It was on this day, that we got the call to say that there was a suitable donor liver available, and to come into the hospital. It was on this day that […]
For many people, getting a year older is not a reason for celebration, but in our house, it is another wonderful milestone passed. Today is my husband’s birthday…on this day three years ago, he was going downhill fast, and his doctors and I were getting very worried. Little did I know that just two weeks […]
Each year, DonateLife holds remembrance services across Australia, and yesterday was the Melbourne service. It is a special event that has become very important to us…this is the third one we have attended. The remembrance service is one of the few times that people from all steps of the organ donation process gather together in […]
We woke this morning to read that our Federal Government has ordered an independent review of Australia’s organ donation system. They say that the $250 million investment has not led to the intended rise in transplant numbers. This has all sprung to life because the recent monthly figures show that there has been a fall […]
Today, my husband and I spoke at a nurses education course at the hospital where he had his liver transplant. We are part of a group of liver transplant recipients, and their partners, who regularly speak at events such as this…it is an honour to know these fabulous people who we wouldn’t have met if […]