by Janet Legemaate | Feb 13, 2019 | Organ Donor Awareness, Organ Donor Stories
When I spent a year in America in the 1980’s, I was exposed to Valentine’s Day being used to express love, gratefulness, thankfulness and appreciation of others. This included friends, family members and distant relatives and not just romantically towards a husband,...
by Janet Legemaate | Aug 10, 2018 | Matthew's Transplant, Organ Donor Awareness
August 2018 – As we look back over the last year it is hard to explain just how significant the changes have been in all our lives. A year ago we were contemplating the future with such trepidation and trying desperately to remain positive and plan ways to make...
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 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...