Elsie Frederick

The Ultimate Gift - Life Elsie Frederick

An autobiography of Elsie Frederick's life about meeting and marrying her second husband, the dynamics of taking responsibility and dealing with extended families; the stress of family life whilst coping with the financial crisis of the 1990's and a serious heart condition becoming apparent. It is an amazing story of how life threatening health issues can be overcome and the vital importance of Organ Donation. It was a traumatic period to live through with some highs and lows, being bounced through every emotion, never peaceful and calm but never boring either. How she lived to tell the tale is astonishing and sometimes have to pinch herself to believe what they went through. In 2020 the Law on organ donation changed so that now it is presumed that permission to transplant organs is given unless the patient has specified otherwise previously and therefore is appropriate that this is published this year. It has been a catharsis for her to write, excruciatingly painful but necessary for her to remember as it is a true record of what happened. Hopefully one day her granddaughter will be able to read and understand what they all lived through.