When they told me a kidney match had been found I cried - icWales

When they told me a kidney match had been found I cried - icWales click for full story

Everyone at Kidney Wales has great news when leading KW volunteer in the People Like Us Campaign had the call for a transplant . Read about her in the Echo tonight or click here. Picture Jayne Williams and her very supportive Family

After her diagnosis Jayne, who said she’d love to get back behind the bar, said she’s now devoting herself to the work of the Kidney Wales Foundation and their charity campaign to get more donors and raise money for kidney research.

“Whatever they want me to do I’ll do".

Jane, 34, of Glyndwr Road, Barry, had been undergoing dialysis four times a day taking 40 minutes a time – a treatment she carried out herself at home.

“The waiting was just horrible and only those who are on a waiting list for a transplant know what it’s like. It could be tomorrow it could be next year, you never know.”

But Jayne was driven by an optimism supported by her two young sons Ashley, 16, and Tarl, 12, who with husband Philip, rallied round to help her keep the family home running.

Everyone at Kidney Wales appreciates her work ethic .

"Jayne has been amazing in the Office and has already given of her time with Phil . Ashley is in School with my Son and is a great guy and a very good rugby player! Tarl and Ashley have been worried about their Mum .It is great news and what we want for all our patients in Wales -World Class treatment. " Said Roy J. Thomas Chairman of Kidney Wales Foundation.

Walk for Life 2008 - Kidney Wales Foundation COLIN JACKSON

COLIN JACKSON promotes KW Walk For Life in Kidney Children's Unit.

Walk For Life is on 30 of March 2008 across Wales

Relatives Who Decline Organ Donations Face Conflict And Guilt

Relatives Who Decline Organ Donations Face Conflict And Guilt


KIDNEY WALES FOUNDATION DISCUSSES SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY RESEARCH WITH THE HOUSE OF LORDS COMMITTEE

Kidney Wales Foundation in evidence to the Lords EU Committee made reference to research at Southhampton University.The Committee asked for further discussion on the research.

Family members are sometimes unable to carry out their relative's wish to donate organs when they die, because of conflicting feelings between making a gift of life and protecting the body of the deceased, according to new research.

Researchers from the University of Southampton, UK, spoke to 26 people who had decided not to let their relatives' bodies be used for organ donations about their views and experiences. The 23 relatives who died ranged from a five-week old baby, who had died of a lung condition, to an 82 year-old man, who died following a stroke.

"Family members who spoke to us were recruited using advertisements in 12 local newspapers, four national newspapers and four hospital intensive care units," explains lead researcher Dr Magi Sque from the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University.

Welsh memorial a ‘thank you’ to organ donors - Wales News - News - icWales

Welsh memorial a ‘thank you’ to organ donors - Wales News - News - icWales

Welsh memorial a ‘thank you’ to organ donors

Oct 27 2007 by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail

A MEMORIAL stone was yesterday dedicated to the hundreds of Welsh people who have donated their organs.
The stone – the first memorial of its kind in the UK – was unveiled yesterday in Alexandra Gardens, in Cardiff.
Last year alone 51 people from Wales donated organs, and almost 100 donated tissue – the stone will recognise their, and others’, gift of life.

GIFT FROM KIDNEY WALES FOUNDATION

BBC NEWS | Wales | Memorial to 'hero' organ donors

BBC NEWS Wales Memorial to 'hero' organ donors

Hundreds of families have gathered in Cardiff for the unveiling of a memorial to their relatives who donated their organs to save the lives of others.
Last year 51 people from Wales donated organs, and nearly 100 donated tissue.
Organisers said the stone in the city's Alexandra Gardens was to recognise their "gift of life".
Gaynor Taylor, whose son Richard, 23, died in an in-line skating accident, said agreeing to donate his organs had helped to ease the pain of losing him.
Richard, of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, died after fracturing his skull when he hit a lamppost trying to avoid a car during a practice run in August 2004.
Richard Taylor was a talented in-line skater
His organs helped save the lives of six others, including the terminally-ill mother of a 10-month-old baby.