Matthew’s Transplant Story T+3
It felt like the dark thunder clouds which threatened lightning and hail for the last thirty six hours had begun to lift and we saw sunlight peeking through the clouds. As usual Day T+3 started early and we walked into the Surgical ICU with a sense of...
Matthew’s Transplant Story T+2
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...
Matthew’s Transplant Story T+1 – Janet & Brian Legemaate
If you haven’t already, you can read part 1 & 2 here… Day T-0 ended way past midnight. The day had been “surreal” – a word that we began to use a lot. Before this day we talked about organ donation all the time – and glibly spoke about...
Matthew’s Transplant – T 0 (Transplant day) – Janet Legemaate
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...
