Mum's Heartfelt Letter to Organ Donor Who Saved Her Life
- 4 months ago
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A mum has penned an emotional letter to the organ donor who gave her 'the best gift ever' of a heart transplant just days before Christmas - to enable her to enjoy her first festivities with her new baby.
Nicolette Somers, 30, was diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) - a rare form of congestive heart failure associated with pregnancy – in October 2020, three months after her son Beckett, now one, was born.
Although doctors initially hoped they’d be able to treat Nicolette for the condition, she was eventually told she would need a heart transplant – or she would risk missing her newborn son grow up.
She was told the wait for a new heart could take up to 11 months – but received a call just nine days later to say there was a donor heart ready for her.
Terrified but hopeful, Nicolette underwent the life-saving transplant on 20th December 2020, at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, US, before spending the next three weeks in recovery.
A mum has penned an emotional letter to the organ donor who gave her 'the best gift ever' of a heart transplant just days before Christmas - to enable her to enjoy her first festivities with her new baby.
Nicolette Somers, 30, was diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) - a rare form of congestive heart failure associated with pregnancy – in October 2020, three months after her son Beckett, now one, was born.
Although doctors initially hoped they’d be able to treat Nicolette for the condition, she was eventually told she would need a heart transplant – or she would risk missing her newborn son grow up.
She was told the wait for a new heart could take up to 11 months – but received a call just nine days later to say there was a donor heart ready for her.
Terrified but hopeful, Nicolette underwent the life-saving transplant on 20th December 2020, at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, US, before spending the next three weeks in recovery.