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Our last Father’s Day interview is with 36-year-

Our last Father’s Day interview is with 36-year-old Shaun McLaughlin from Benoni.

1. Which organ/tissue did you receive, and in what year?
Double lung transplant 2011

2. How long after transplant did you become a dad?
4 years

3. Was the journey of becoming a father a difficult one? Either medically or perhaps emotionally?
Yes, we had to do in-vitro fertilization due to my underlying Cystic Fibrosis. It was quite an emotionally draining process.

4. Was your medical team supportive of becoming a parent?
Yes, they were supportive.

5. When was the baby/babies born?
Twin girls born on 14 October 2015.

6. Has being a dad had an impact on your health?
Yes, the added responsibility and exhaustion at times can have an impact on one’s mental health. On the other hand, the joy that comes from being a parent gives your life a whole new meaning!

7. What advice would you give other transplant patients who would like to become fathers?
Balancing being a father and a transplant recipient can be very challenging at times and it’s not a decision to be made lightly. The uncertainty of what your own future looks like is always at the back of your mind. However, the immense joy that comes from getting cuddles from my little girls and seeing the love in their eyes is something that can never be measured.
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#fatherhood #cysticfibrosis #twins #fathersday #IVF #lungtransplant #bilaterallungtransplant #interview #blessed #transplant #organdonation #transplantrecipient #parenthood

"Dads are the most ordinary men turned by love int

"Dads are the most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of song." - Pam Brown

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!
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#FathersDay #Dad #hero #adventurer #storyteller #rolemodel #parent #bestfriend #children #appreciation

The second post-transplant dad that we're featurin

The second post-transplant dad that we're featuring this month ahead of Father’s Day, is 35 year old Jeandre Geldenhuys from Cape Town.

1. Which organ/tissue did you receive, and in what year?
Kidney

2. How long after transplant did you become a dad?
2 Years

3. Was the journey of becoming a father a difficult one? Either medically or perhaps emotionally?
I would say both as I had to change one of the medications I was on to make sure all will be OK, and emotionally, as I was not sure at the start that it would be possible but here we are!

4. Was your medical team supportive of becoming a parent?
Yes, but still cautious. Cautious in the fact that we had to change the meds just to be safe.

5. When was the baby/babies born?
13 October 2018

6. Has being a dad had an impact on your health?
No, in fact is just makes me stronger because I wat to be there for everything so even if you get tough days you just work through it to be there for them.

7. What advice would you give other transplant patients who would like to become fathers?
Firstly always have that discussion with your doctors to make a safe decision, and then just support them the best you can I promise it is all worth that it, and the little smile and hugs are the best.
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#fatherhood #kidneytransplantrecipient #kidneytransplant #kids #children #medication #health #family #secondchances #organdonation #fathersday

During May we featured 3 women who became mothers

During May we featured 3 women who became mothers post transplant. This month we celebrate Father's Day, and we'll be featuring the dads! First up is Gawie Marx, aged 55 and we live from Paarl, Western Cape.

1. Which organ/tissue did you receive, and in what year?
I was diagnosed with acute leukemia in 1997 and had a bone-marrow transplant from my younger brother Johan on 13 August 1998.

2. How long after transplant did you become a dad?
Our twin boys, Justin and Grant was born on 14 June 2009, 11 years after my transplant.

3. Was the journey of becoming a father a difficult one? Either medically or perhaps emotionally?
Yes, the only option for us to become parents was with invitro insemination. At the time my sperm was frozen for almost 11 years.

4. Was your medical team supportive of becoming a parent?
Yes, very much – we had a awesome team of doctors looking after us.

5. When was the baby/babies born?
14 June 2009

6. Has being a dad had an impact on your health?
No, my health has not been affected at all, but emotionally it has been a wonderful journey being a parent.

7. What advice would you give other transplant patients who would like to become fathers?
If you can become a parent, I will personally recommend you do consider it as family is so important and a wonderful life experience. My twin boys do keep me young and I enjoy doing stuff with them.
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#bonemarrowtransplant #tissuedonation #organdonation #fathersday #beingadad #twins #kids #family #hope #health #wellness #leukemia #survivor #save8lives #secondchances #southafrica #westerncape

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