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‘My story of a heart transplant: Excitement at how my life would change and, of course, thoughts for the donor family’

Being diagnosed with heart failure must have been terrifying for the 90,000 people currently living with it in Ireland — as effects of the chronic, progressive condition, mean the heart muscle is unable to pump enough to meet the body’s need for blood and oxygen. It is a debilitating and life-limiting illness and while there… Read More »

Chance the Rapper sends out desperate plea in search of kidney donor for his aunt

Chance the Rapper during the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards (Photo by Rachel Murray/Getty Images) Chance the Rapper sent out a plea on social media asking for the public’s help in finding a suitable kidney donor for his aunt. The Chicago rapper appealed to his 8 million followers to help find his aunt, Toni a kidney… Read More »