Friday, 11 July 2014

Photos & Audio: This brought a tear to my eye! Can you be an organ donor?

When John Carter died of a brain tumour, his parents found comfort in the knowledge his heart would save someone else’s life.
But they had no idea whose ... until an amazing chance encounter five years later brought them together with the man rescued by the transplant.
The 19-year-old stranger was giving a reading at a memorial service when John’s mother Freda broke down in tears and said: ‘This person’s got my son’s heart.’ 
Freda Carter and Scott Rutherford talk about the heart that brought them together. They talked to Eddie Mair on tonight's programme.
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Freda Carter instinctively recognised Scott Rutherford as the teenager who was given her son John's heart when she heard him speak at a memorial service for organ donorsTragedy: John Carter died in 2008 at the age of 33
Freda Carter & late son, John
Life saving: Scott, pictured as a 14-year-old in hospital was born with a disorder called transposition of the great arteries and when he received John's heart he was just hours away from deathTeenager: Scott in hospital five days after his operation. He says that growing up he had 'barely any life', and as his heart problems worsened he 'just wanted to die'On the road to recovery: A smiling Scott pictured in his hospital bed nine days after his life-saving surgery, when he was beginning to feel well again
Scott Rutherford before & after the heart transplant at age 14 in 2009
Scott Rutherford, 20, from North Shields, North Tyneside, was given a new heart at the age of 14Years after the surgery, Scott's scar can barely be seen
Scott Rutherford today at age 19!

Listen to the overwhelming audio below.

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