Jack's Story

Jack plays a vital part in the New Zealand Defence Force training sailors in the Navy. In 2021, he was diagnosed with a dilated cardiomyopathy and shortly thereafter, he received a heart transplant. The only way this was possible was for someone to have been an organ donor. Knowing how precious a gift this was, Jack is extremely grateful and is now living his life to the fullest.

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“Doctors told me I probably wouldn’t make it to my 30th birthday, but I’ve got a very stubborn streak and wanted to live my best life while I could...that surgery was the best thing I’ve ever done because it gave me back my life. Six months after the transplant, I was skiing on Mt Ruapehu and nine months after that, climbing Nelson’s mountains."

Jessica van Slooten tells her story of how a pair of donated lungs not only saved her life but totally transformed it.

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