5A Wong Tsz Tung, Flora
A letter to an organ donor
Dear Miss Heart,
It is a letter from the world you once lived. My heart, which was once yours, is now pumping with thankfulness and joy for your kind and generous donation.
I could not describe how my soul was filled with enormous happiness by using words alone when I woke up after the transplant and found myself still alive. I once thought that the death was rushing behind me before I was announced that I was chosen for the next donator’s heart to have my transplant. I had suffered from a severe heart disease since I was only a little girl and had been waiting impatiently for the suitable heart to cure my sickness. I could not stop being envious when I saw people around me who were living normal lives running and jumping with their heart hitting the healthy beats. However, desperately, I dreamt of being a normal young girl but it seemed that I had no chance to be one. All I knew is that I was born to die. My life per se was like knocking on the door of death every day instead of living because on every single day I was ready for having my heart stop beating at any second. I had no idea what I was living for with my cursed heart.
The heart you gave me is the biggest gift that I have ever received. At the moment I woke up, I clearly felt the slight pumping on the left side of my chest, happily and thankfully. For the first time in my life I felt myself living. The sun seemed brighter than it usually was. The air smelt sweet like fresh apples. Winds brushed through my skin softly with kindness in the way I’d never noticed before.
My life has been changed, definitely and indisputably. I no longer need to undergo those sudden and massive pains from my chest when my heart disease was onset like an earthquake. Although I still have to have regular checks at hospital, the doctor tells me that I am recovering rapidly and it is totally out of their expectations. I am now going to school as other healthy students. Never in my life have I imagined that I can join outdoor extra-curricular activities with my classmates as I can now. I have met some new friends too. When I tell them I am still alive because someone great donated her heart to me. They are absolutely surprised and pay very high respect to the donor, who is you who saved and changed my whole life.
Organ donation is never an obligation. Therefore I have a strong sense that I have to show my great appreciation and gratitude towards the decision you made while you were having a healthy life. The heart I am having now is precious since it is donated by someone who is very generous and kind. My life is different because of this and I will always be thankful for that. Actions speak louder than words. I promise to you that I will keep this precious gift and cherish the chance of having a second life till the day I meet you in the heaven.
Best regards,
Flora