by Janet Legemaate | Nov 27, 2017 | Matthew's Transplant, Organ Donor Awareness
If you haven’t already, you can read about the previous day’s here… Transplant day +1 finished for us around midnight again. We were emotionally and physically exhausted – how could we get so tired when we had hardly moved all day? Matthew had to some degree...
by Admin | Nov 21, 2017 | Matthew's Transplant, Organ Donor Awareness
If you haven’t already, you can read part 1 & 2 here… Day T-0 ended way past midnight. The day had been “surreal” – a word that we began to use a lot. Before this day we talked about organ donation all the time – and glibly spoke about...
by Janet Legemaate | Nov 16, 2017 | Matthew's Transplant, Organ Donor Awareness
If you haven’t already, you can read part 1 here… We arrived at Busamed Gateway Private Hospital at 5:30 am on Transplant Day, filled with trepidation. We felt excitement at the fact that this was finally Matthew’s second chance, but also a lot of...
by Admin | Nov 13, 2017 | Matthew's Transplant, Organ Donor Stories
My mom and I would not be able to tell my transplant story if a donor family had not made the difficult decision to donate their loved ones organs. This decision has given me the “Gift of Life”. It has also given me the chance to go after my...