Mothers emotional letter to baby’s organ donor
<p>Seven-month year old Lincoln Seay received a heart in the nick of time last month, thanks to the humility of an organ donor.</p>
<p>The new born has a rare condition called Heterotaxy Syndrome, which means his organs developed on the opposite side of the body, including his heart. Since birth, Lincoln has undergone multiple surgeries, but his heart continued to fail him even putting him into cardiac arrest. </p>
<p>Lincoln was on the organ donation waitlist for 89 days before something incredible happened. On February 19th, he was given a new heart from an anonymous donor. Dr. Michael McMullan, told the Seattle Times that Lincoln was "He was right on the edge.”</p>
<p>"We have a list of patients and he was the one we were most worried about," he added. </p>
<p>Because of organ donation privacy regulations, all Lincoln's mother knows is that the heart was received from another child of similar size to her son. Unable to thank them herself, she wrote a touching, open latter on social media.</p>
<p> <em>"You and I may never meet, may never speak, may never cross paths, but we will be connected on a divine, spiritual level. Your child and mine will be forever intertwined as the heart that grew in your womb now pumps the blood through the body of the child created in mine. They have merged in a way, and your child will forever live on in mine. When my child bleeds, I will think of you. When I bandage his scraped knee, I will think of you. When I hear his heart beat, I will remember you. When his eyes flutter closed as he falls asleep, I will remember your beautiful child. I will say prayers of gratitude and blessings over your family, often. I will treasure the gift you've given. I promise. </em></p>
<p><em>"I am so very sorry that your child's journey ended so soon. I am so very sorry that you endured life's greatest grief. I am just, so very sorry. But I hope that in your sorrow you can take comfort in knowing that you gave life. You gave life to other children. You gave comfort to other families. Your sweet child can live on in the lives of others. That is the greatest gift anyone can ever give. And your child gave that to my beautiful boy. Your child gave that to me. To my family. Your selfless act kept our family whole and spared me, a mother you've never met, the same grief you had to endure."</em></p>
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