Charlotte's Heart Transplant

29.10.18 I get butterflies just writing this title for my blog this week! Following on from my last post about mental health and transplant, one of the main things I have struggled with is that a complete stranger gave me the most amazing gift I will ever receive and I will never be able to thank them or meet them. The most frequent question I have had since my transplant is "do you know anything about your donor". The minute I woke up from my operation I thought of my donor and their family. It didn't even cross my mind when I got my call because it just hadn't dawned on me that I was even in the hospital about to have my transplant! But I remember being on the ward and just sobbing to Ciaran. It wasn't guilt that I felt, it was just sheer sadness. I felt as if someone I knew had passed away. It's very hard to know that someone that was such a wonderful person (because they decided they wanted their organs to be donated after death) has passed away. I...