Lucinda is alive but someone else has her heart

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I hope you’re all recovering from a joyous Christmas, if you celebrate. Soon we’ll be facing a new year with new challenges and experiences. I read an incredible story today about a young girl who had cystic fibrosis. To continue living she needed a lungs and liver transplant. However, when someone needs this operation, it is technically easier for the surgeons and less risky to the patient, to do a heart, lungs AND liver transplant at one time, which is what happened to Lucinda Winnems. A donor was found for the girl but what amazed me was that her healthy heart was given to someone else. Lucinda has gone on to marry and have a child, another unexpected bonus for her. An extra ten years of life is sometimes quoted for transplant patients but Lucinda has now had an extra 20 years of life. You can read about it here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-27/qld-domino-transplant-lucinda-simpson-cystic-fibrosis/106127132 In the article, one of the doctors talked about the stress of a 12-hour operation starting in the evening and after a full day’s work. This struck me as not ideal at all. Anyway, it’s a nice story.