Being a related kidney transplant recipient – This is Chris’s story
Some of my earliest memories revolve around hospitals and doctors, since they have always been an integral part of my life. Without a miraculous intervention by doctors when I was about 10 months old, a viral infection might have killed me. From that time on, I...
Being a related living donor by Heidi Taylor
I cannot remember a time when my brother was well. That is, not until he received my kidney 30 years ago. I was born in 1964, and Christopher was born in 1967. We have no other siblings. When Chris was 8 months old, and I was just turning three, he contracted a...
Life as we know it came to a complete standstill! by Annatjie Nel
Life as we know it came to a complete standstill in June 2018 when our oldest daughter, Tanya was diagnosed with end stage renal failure. We are a close family living in a log cabin build by my husband’s great grandfather. We live at Tugela Beach on the KZN North...
Now I’ll be able to walk my daughters down the aisle! by Charles Ferguson
I have always been a sporty person who has been conscious of health and fitness. At any opportunity I would involve myself in some sort of sporting activity. In August 1991 while playing a rugby match, I collapsed on the field. Fortunately one of the club doctors who...
