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| Donate life: Thirroul property manager Gerry Ryan knew - and carried out - her late husband Tim's wishes around organ donation. Picture: Georgia Matts In August 2011, Gerry Ryan was preparing for her husband Tim to undergo a lung transplant. Instead, hospital staff asked if she would consider donating his kidneys.
‘’I’d gone in to talk to the transplant co-ordinator expecting one type of conversation – and it was quite the opposite,’’ Mrs Ryan, of Thirroul, said.
‘’I was told that a transplant was not going to be possible for Tim after all, but that there was something he could donate – his kidneys.
‘’After the shock my sons – just 19 and 26 at the time – turned to me and said ‘If you’re willing to receive, you should be willing to donate’. And that’s what we decided.’’
Fortunately Mrs Ryan had also had the important conversation about organ donation with her husband Tim, and knew that’s what he would have wanted. Continue reading
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