I was a registered organ donor before I fell ill… but never would I dream that I would need organ donation myself

I will never forget the moment I received the news I was to receive a new heart

The doctors told us it was like winning the reverse lottery…”

Organ donation is such an important discussion to have, it’s not something we ever thought would happen to us.

“…we came to know many other families in the cardiac ward. Some of these children didn’t make it – it was soul destroying,

Natalie often thinks of her donor and their family, and their incredible generosity…

After the first week… I started to notice enormous changes, very quickly.

I was once told that I would never turn 12, but that is in the distant past.

I was informed that a liver transplant was my only chance of survival.