by Janine Magree | Mar 31, 2021 | Donor Families
Part 3: What do you say to the donor family? MOST people understand full well that writing to the family of an organ donor is not child’s play. But it is also not an English exam. The donor family doesn’t care about your shocking spelling and grammar....
by Janine Magree | Mar 31, 2021 | Donor Families
Part 2 Writing letters to the donor family. Written by Janine Magree SINCE organ donation is so rare in this country, it didn’t take long for a few people to contact me on social media, telling me their friends had received my son’s organs. Somebody told...
by Janine Magree | Mar 31, 2021 | Donor Families
Thanking the donor family. Written by Janine Magree ON VALENTINE’S Day, I made contact with a mother who had reached out from Canada to other donor families. Her beautiful dark-haired smiley-eyed Neil*, had been involved in a motor vehicle accident in...
by Janine Magree | Mar 31, 2021 | Organ Donor Awareness
Are you too old to donate your organs and tissue? Written by Janine Magree EASTER is just around the corner and this would normally be an opportune time to set up an organ donor awareness table amongst the feel-good fuzzy ducklings, daffodils and bunny decorations at...
by Janine Magree | Mar 11, 2021 | World Kidney Day
It is World Kidney Day on the 11th of March 2021. The theme is “Living Well with Kidney Disease.” But kidney disease really isn’t easy to live with. Both the patient and their support network are often negatively affected. Those in advanced stages...