Sally Nagle: ‘I think of my kidney donor every day, I thank them for this life’

What a Difference a Day Makes: Transplant recipient Sally Nagle tells Helen O’Callaghan about an unforgettable phone call – and about the precious gift that has had a transformative impact on her life.

Transplant recipient Sally Nagle. Picture Dan Linehan

The night I got the call about my kidney transplant I was up late. It was during Covid, November 2020. 

I was going for dialysis the next morning and normally I’d go to bed early the night before, but that night my parents and I got into conversation that went very late – it was midnight before I said ‘Jeez, I’d better go to bed’.