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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
When I recently read the fascinating book “Letters of Note”, it brought back memories of writing the most difficult, and emotional, letter I will probably ever write. As some of you know, my husband had a liver transplant…its now been almost 17 months….looking at him now you would never know just how sick he was….. […]
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 […]