1. Anne Anne Australia says:

    I've worked with the team that did Claire's first transplant - although I wasn't involved in hers - and I sure resented her after her post-transplant drug use, for the selfish disregard of all the effort and expense of others she blatantly squandered - including the donor and the chance of another receiving it. As a youth I partied - but stopped when I had a kid - because I had responsibilities and took them seriously. It's hard not to be judgemental about this. After I saw a picture of Claire's grieving family, I actually shed a tear (much to my surprise). And resented Claire just that bit more. It may sound harsh, and my work in health may have desensitised me. But while I'm touched by the families plight - and her passing is all the more moving because her kids have lost their mum - I'm glad the "story" has come to an end. Claire made her bed. And so shall she lay in it. For eternity.

    • maree maree Australia says:

      I totally agree with you anne. How many people are out there on waiting list and never given a transplant. This girl should of not been given the first transplant, once she decided to shot that chance up her arm ahe should never have been given the 2nd chance and not paid for by tax payers.Isn't that why they have guide lines on who can get transplants in the first place ? Don't get me wrong i feel for the family and her kids but that was the choice she made.You aren't born with a needle in your arm you chose it.The reason Australian doctors wouldn't do it was because they thought it wasn't right so why would or should the tax payers pay for it. It makes me really mad. Pay for people who are waiting and truely value life to get a transplant.

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