woman is hoping to meet the recipient of her son’s heart as she seeks closure more than a year after he died of an accidental fentanyl overdose. Six months after the organs were donated, Vandrish wrote a letter to the heart recipient and the two have been corresponding ever since. While the agency allows donor and recipient families to communicate anonymously, it does not connect them to meet in person. She said she also learned through corresponding with the heart recipient that he is a middle-aged father of two, whose brother died about seven years ago of a heart disease similar to the one the recipient was diagnosed with. Vandrish said she received a letter from the recipient that said he had recently taken up gardening shortly after the heart transplant.

Source: National Post December 29, 2018 21:56 UTC