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ENCORE: The gift of life

2024/12/27
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Heather Badenoch, a living liver donor and communications strategist, shares her experience of anonymously donating part of her liver to a child in need. The episode details the extensive screening process, the emotional journey, and her decision to remain anonymous, focusing on the recipient's well-being.
  • Anonymous liver donation to a child at SickKids in Toronto.
  • Extensive screening process for living donors.
  • Emotional impact of donation and the decision to remain anonymous.

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In this season of bearing gifts, it’s been said the highest form of giving is the anonymous kind. Heather Badenoch knows that very well. She donated part of her liver to a child she never met in Toronto. Now she uses her communications skills to recruit donors for people in need of an organ.