A simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant (spk) saved my life – Nolundi Luthuli
My life before being diagnosed with kidney disease was filled with many challenges and often with sudden bouts of illness brought on by my erratic sugar levels which led to me being hospitalised often. I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 12 and after...
Jarryd’s Story | Liver Transplant Recipient
In 2005 at 13 months of age, Jarryd received his Gift of Life, a liver transplant, at the Red Cross Children’s hospital. He was just a couple of weeks away from death. This was our reality, when our miracle happened. Now, at 14 years’ old, he is a...
Our Journey to Transplantation – Veronica Moodley
Our story starts not very differently from most other couples you’ll meet. Boy meets girl, they talk forever and about everything under the sun, he proposes, and eventually they marry and have kids. Though we did meet online, that’s our twist! Actually our...
Hans’s Story
Written by Yolandi Du Plessis My Dad was born with an extremely rare lung disease called “Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency (A1AD or AATD)”. This is a genetic disorder which he was unfortunately only diagnosed with at the age of 36. After his diagnosis, he...
