But she wrote a letter to express her gratitude to the person's family.
Mrs Kolatchew is the recipient of a donated liver.
She knows it was only with the family's consent that she was given the vital organ.
For most of her life, the Charlestown resident suffered from a debilitating liver condition that put her on the top of the organ donation waiting list.
To this day, it is not known what caused her years of pain and agony, including 11 visits to intensive care and twice being put on life support.
'My whole life revolved around hospitals," Mrs Kolatchew said.
"Toxins were going to my brain and I was always yellow around the eyes and had a swollen stomach.
"I couldn't work or drive because of all the blackouts.
"I was waiting to die."
Only a few weeks away from Christmas last year, she received the phone call that changed her life.
At five o'clock on a November afternoon, Mrs Kolatchew answered the phone - it was the Royal Prince Alfred Transplant Institute but she was told not to get her hopes up.
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