Stories about organ and tissue donation
How did a donor organ change a recipient's life? And what does donation mean for the surviving relatives of the donor? Read the personal stories of recipients, patients on the waiting list, and surviving relatives of donors here.
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‘A new cornea? Scary, but it couldn't get any worse’
Harmien (62) had pain in her right eye. The ophthalmologist suspected an inflammation. She was given eye drops, but they didn't help. It eventually turned out that there was a parasite in Harmien's eye.
‘My friends went out partying, I was stuck on the couch’
After a few surgeries and a long rehabilitation, a donated meniscus proved to be the solution for Milou's knee injury.
'Sometimes I am desperate, because maybe I won't make it'
Ambar is waiting. She lives in a no-man's-land, hoping for the solution: a new donor kidney.
'You couldn't give a greater gift to someone who is so ill'
Nienke suffered a severe brain hemorrhage. The fact that she was able to give 6 people a better life makes her death less meaningless for her mother Gerda.
'I had to give up a lot, but valuable things come back in return'
In 2019 Tineke suddenly fell seriously ill: her liver suddenly stopped working. She was lucky: a donor liver became available shortly afterwards. But she had to say goodbye to the life she had led. Now she is at peace with her new life.
'With the transplantation, Lorenzo was born again'
Baby Lorenzo lives thanks to the liver donation from a living donor.
Sharief has a donor kidney: 'Muslims know very little about organ donation'
Sharief lives with a donor kidney. He talks about his kidney and the perspective from Islam.
Bastiaan received a kidney from both his mother and father
Bastiaan has a hereditary kidney disease and has a donor kidney. His son has the same kidney disease. Bastiaan does everything to support him.
Linda received a heart transplant twice: 'I am living on borrowed time'
Linda lives with a donor heart. Despite the complications and seemingly endless rehabilitation, she keeps fighting.
