JOURNALIST: Sonny Coombs
LIFE is fragile and can change in the blink of an eye. 
No one appreciates this more than Bob Rudiger, of Ardrossan, who has been given a second chance at life after a kidney transplant late last year.
This week, February 19-26, is DonateLife Week and Bob happily supports the call for people to register as organ donors.
Before his transplant Bob was required to have dialysis three times a week, each session taking five hours, a drain on him and his wife Cheryl.
“It (dialysis) takes your life away because you can’t miss it and someone had to drive me to Modbury because I couldn’t drive,” he said.
“It slowed me up, I was tired all the time, lethargic, would get confused and add that with depression and it is a real cocktail.”
Now, Bob has been given a new lease on life and is healthy enough to fly to Queensland in June to walk his goddaughter down the aisle in her wedding.
For the full report, see the print issue of this week's YP Country Times.