Stories about organ and tissue donation
How did a donor organ change a recipient's life? And what does donation mean to the donor's surviving relatives? Read the personal stories of recipients, patients on the waiting list, and surviving relatives of donors here.
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'With the transplant, Lorenzo was born again'
Baby Lorenzo is alive thanks to a 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 two heart transplants: 'I am living on bonus time'
Linda lives with a donor heart. Despite the complications and seemingly endless rehabilitation, she keeps fighting.
'It comforted me that the recipients no longer had to undergo dialysis'
One of Ed's wishes was to donate his organs. His wife Anita tells how this was made possible.
'That girl's heart can beat thanks to my son's choice'
Teun was hit by a car. There was no hope of recovery. With his organs, he saved lives.
'Giving life to another is something beautiful'
Vandana needed a donor liver to survive. After the transplant, she lives with just as much energy as anyone else.
'When I think of Frank, I have to smile'
After a brain hemorrhage, Ida loses her husband Frank. Frank donated his organs and corneas. And with that, saved lives.
‘They could have everything from Mats, except for his eyes and skin’
After a serious accident, doctors can no longer do anything for Mats. Fortunately, his parents know how Mats felt about donation.
