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Waiting for a transplant
>Victoria Tremlett
Victoria has end-stage cystic fibrosis and needs new lungs

>Rachael Wakefield
Rachael's lung disease has left her urgently needing a double lung transplant

>Charlotte Newman
Charlotte's father has been listed for a heart transplant since February 2008

>Paul Kirsop
Paul is in desperate need of a double lung transplant

>Bethany Salmon
Bethany is 5 years old and needs a new liver

>Jake Hubbard
Suffering from CF, Jake desperately needs a double lung transplant

Lives lost waiting
>Gary Torrance
Gary died in January 2005 aged 23 years after a 14-month wait for a double lung transplant

>Lewis Prior
Lewis ran out of time four months short of his third birthday, whilst waiting for a new heart

>Oliver Faulkner
Oliver died waiting for a kidney transplant.

>Mary Hand
Mary died waiting for a double lung transplant

>Richard Grannell
Richard waited three years for a double lung transplant that never came

>Samantha Webb-Jones
Sam was only 22 years old when she died waiting for new lungs

>Ubaid Ali
Ubaid needed a liver and small bowel transplant

>Kevin Harvard
Keven died after waiting 20 months for a liver and small bowel transplant

>Helen Miller
Helen needed a lung transplant

Recipient of a transplant
>Lucy Pearson
Lucy received a new heart in 2006 aged 6 years

>William Milne
William had a small bowel transplant at 5 years old

>Gabriela Filarowski
At only 16 months old, Gabriela received a new heart

>John McCarthy
After a three year wait, John received a donor kidney

>Molly Smith
Molly had a multiple transplant of small bowel, liver and pancreas aged 16

>Rob Longrigg
Rob received his double lung transplant in October 2003

Giving the gift of life
>Family of Marilyn Wilson
Marilyn's family made the gift of life after she tragically died suddenly aged 47

>Family of Anthony Donkin
Anthony died after a traffic accident in 2002, aged 20. Anthony wanted to donate his organs in the event of his death
Lucy Pearson received her new heart in 2006
Welcome to the life stories page
All of the people listed on the left have had personal experiences with Organ Donation or Transplantation. These people have bravely agreed to share their tales, in the hope that they will motivate readers to sign up to the organ donor register and to raise more awareness of the shortage of donors in the UK.

Some have happy endings, and are heartwarming, painting a picture of the miracle of organ donation. Some are from donor families, who explain just how deciding to give the gift of life affects those left behind. Sadly, some are stories of those who just ran out of time.

Live Life Then Give Life are extremely grateful to those who have taken the time to share their stories with us, and hope they are proud of the contribution they have made.

Read more about them by using the links on the left.