Life Stories

Ash Morgan

Three years ago, Ash was diagnosed with interstitial lung disease. A degenerative disease of the lungs with no cure. By the end of 2019...

David's story - One day to live

Almost thirty years ago, I faced a sudden and unexpected crisis. I had enjoyed a very interesting and varied life during a career with...

Susannah’s Transplant Story

Susannah has an auto-immune disease called Pauci-immune glomerulonephritis, which is a condition in which your immune system attacks your...

Cath's story - The gift of sight

Catherine has keratoconus in both corneas and started losing her sight at 9 years of age. By 14 her only option for sight was a corneal...

Justice Terry Connolly - a husband, father, son and, following his death, a tissue donor

Justice Terry Connolly died suddenly in the early morning of 25 September 2007 on Red Hill, having cycled to the top as part of his...

John's story - A fight for survival

John Scott was first diagnosed with kidney failure when he was 27 years old. At the time, Doctors were unsure of the cause and prescribed...

Mallie's story

These are the last photos Canberran Mallie Taylor has with her husband Matthew before he died. Matthew was denied a lung transplant on...