Life stories - UK
Organ Donation NHS UK
Recipients tell their stories - the gratitude towards their donor and the way in which the transplant has transformed their lives. Families talk of the difficult but ultimately rewarding decision to donate their loved ones' organs. And patients describe what it's like waiting for a transplant, knowing that their time may run out.
Catriona Beer
The tragic death of Richard Beer, a 37-year-old computer programmer, gave someone he had never met the chance of a new life.
Richard Beer, a father of four from Henley, was on holiday in Perthshire with his wife Catriona and children when he was knocked off his bike and fatally injured.
Richard carried a donor card and Catriona had no hesitation in carrying out his wishes. One of his lungs was given to a man in Northern Ireland, who was severely disabled as a result of the lung disease fibrosing alveolitis.
Before the transplant 57-year-old Gerry McCormick needed oxygen 24 hours a day and was too breathless to bend down and tie his shoelaces.
In August 1999, on the first anniversary of receiving the lung, Gerry asked the transplant co-ordinators to pass on a letter to his donor's family expressing his profound thanks and describing how his life had changed following the transplant.
Continue reading Carol' story and many others
{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
Recipients tell their stories - the gratitude towards their donor and the way in which the transplant has transformed their lives. Families talk of the difficult but ultimately rewarding decision to donate their loved ones' organs. And patients describe what it's like waiting for a transplant, knowing that their time may run out.
Catriona Beer
The tragic death of Richard Beer, a 37-year-old computer programmer, gave someone he had never met the chance of a new life.
Richard Beer, a father of four from Henley, was on holiday in Perthshire with his wife Catriona and children when he was knocked off his bike and fatally injured.
Richard carried a donor card and Catriona had no hesitation in carrying out his wishes. One of his lungs was given to a man in Northern Ireland, who was severely disabled as a result of the lung disease fibrosing alveolitis.
Before the transplant 57-year-old Gerry McCormick needed oxygen 24 hours a day and was too breathless to bend down and tie his shoelaces.
In August 1999, on the first anniversary of receiving the lung, Gerry asked the transplant co-ordinators to pass on a letter to his donor's family expressing his profound thanks and describing how his life had changed following the transplant.
Continue reading Carol' story and many others
{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
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