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‘WE GOT A SECOND CHANCE’

‘THE TRANSPLANT CURED MY DIABETES’

Twelve years ago, Courtney Young organised a birthday party and encouraged every guest to register as an organ donor. At the time, she didn’t know that just 10 years later, she’d be desperately waiting by her phone for a lifesaving organ transplant of her own.

At 15, Courtney, from Brisbane, Queensland, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and suffered severe complications. Her life revolved around

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