by Admin | Jul 16, 2019 | Organ Donor Awareness, Organ Donor Stories
Growing up, medical aid and visits to doctors was not part of our family budget. We were nursed at home, by mum or grandma with traditional medicines. It worked and we lived healthy lives. In mid 2007 I was doing my last delivery of the day in the area I live, I run...
by Admin | Jun 13, 2019 | Organ Donor Awareness, Organ Donor Stories
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...
by Admin | May 13, 2019 | Organ Donor Awareness, Organ Donor Stories
Born with 3 holes in her heart, a missing tricuspid valve, an irregular & fast heart beat and narrowed arteries between the heart and lungs, Tina B’s chance of survival was minimal. As a child she would get tired and out of breath very quickly, especially when...
by Admin | Mar 12, 2019 | Organ Donor Awareness, Organ Donor Stories
Triven Moonsamy was one of the recipients who participated in our Fireworx/Hero777 Bravissimo event last year. We first met him in 2013 when both he and Matthew, as awaiting transplant patients, got to meet Chad Le Chlos in the run up to the 2013 World Transplant...
by Admin | Mar 12, 2019 | Organ Donor Awareness, Organ Donor Stories
In about 1990 while living in Cape Town I was diagnosed with an enlarged heart and faulty left value. I was put on medication for my heart and the water retention I was experiencing and I went for regular check-ups. Thirteen years later, in 2003 my husband and I moved...