MA woman visited her heart in a museum, 16 years after it was removed. Jennifer Sutton of T.IBritain said that it was “incredibly surreal” to see the instrument on display at London’s Hunterian Museum.
The 38-year-old said she hoped it would help promote organ donation, calling it “the greatest gift possible”.
She herself was a student when she was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy—a condition that limits the heart’s ability to pump blood—and told she would die unless she received a transplant.
The 22-year-old’s health deteriorated rapidly while on the transplant waiting list, but she received word in June 2007 that a matching transplant had been found. “I remember waking up after my transplant and thinking, ‘Oh my God, I really am a new person. “
She gave the Royal College of Surgeons permission to use her heart on the show to promote organ donation. “The moment I first walked in, I thought it was inside my body all at once. But it’s also really cool—it’s like my boyfriend. She’s kept me alive for 22 years and I’m so proud of that.” Today, 16 years after the life-saving transplant, she herself is healthy.
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