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“You have 20-million things going through your head. You’re thinking the absolute worst. You’re thinking: I’ve just lost the love of my life. I’ve just lost my wife.”

These are the words of John Lowe, reflecting on the moment his beloved wife Louise went into surgery after a brain aneurism, with little chance of survival.

In the sixth episode of Let’s Talk Organ and Tissue Donation, podcast host Michael Billings speaks to John about his story, and how important it was that the couple had a discussion early in their relationship about organ donation. They both had an intimate knowledge of what each other wanted, if something were ever to happen.

When Louise died, John knew she would want to be an organ donor, saying “I needed to allow Louise to have the best opportunity to help others because that’s who she was, and that’s exactly what she would have wanted.”

Incredibly, Louise went on to save the lives of six people, and help 23 others.  

More Australians are alive today because of organ and tissue donation. To register to be an organ and tissue donor, visit donatelife.gov.au. It only takes a minute.

&ldquo;You have 20-million things going through your head. You&rsquo;re thinking the absolute worst. You&rsquo;re thinking: I&rsquo;ve just lost the love of my life. I&rsquo;ve just lost my wife.&rdquo;
These are the words of John Lowe, reflecting on the moment his beloved wife Louise went into surgery after a brain aneurism, with little chance of survival.
In the sixth episode of Let&rsquo;s Talk Organ and Tissue Donation, podcast host Michael Billings speaks to John about his story, and how important it was that the couple had a discussion early in their relationship about organ donation. They both had an intimate knowledge of what each other wanted, if something were ever to happen.
When Louise died, John knew she would want to be an organ donor, saying &ldquo;I needed to allow Louise to have the best opportunity to help others because that&rsquo;s who she was, and that&rsquo;s exactly what she would have wanted.&rdquo;
Incredibly, Louise went on to save the lives of six people, and help 23 others.&nbsp;&nbsp;
More Australians are alive today because of organ and tissue donation. To register to be an organ and tissue donor, visit donatelife.gov.au. It only takes a minute.

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