Be a Hero – like my sister has been to me – by Joe Mthethwa
My life was great – before I had to be listed for a kidney transplant. I was working as a site agent for a company. I was living a healthy life, playing soccer and lifting weights and I shared my life with a beautiful wife and four children. I had tried...
My sister’s kidney – a life-saving gift of love – by Jennifer Swanepoel
My name is Jennifer Swanepoel and I am mom to two VERY busy young adults! Our lives were hectic at the time I was diagnosed with Chronic kidney disease in July 2015. My son was doing Matric, my daughter was very involved at school, I was running my small business and...
Julie Anthony – My Kidney Journey
After finding out I was in kidney failure 6 years ago I embarked on a quest to find out as much as possible about the kidneys, as I didn’t feel ill nor did I have any symptoms accompanied with kidney failure. I sought the opinion of many doctors all telling me...
Matthew’s Transplant T+23 – Going Home.
We arrived at the hospital raring to take Matthew home. However, we knew that it always took a while to get out of hospital. We also knew that it was planned for Matthew to leave around 10:00 am. This was to coordinate doctors to be available to see him off. We...
