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County Durham teen marks third anniversary of her life-saving heart transplant by penning letter to donor family

A teenager has marked the third anniversary of her life-saving heart transplant by penning a moving letter to the family of her donor.

Kayleigh Llewellyn spent more than 100 days at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle before the operation in 2019. The 15-year-old received the heart of Sinead Bree following her death, aged 19.

The Mirror reports how the keen footballer has now wrote a letter to the family of Sinead, of Thorne, South Yorks, to mark the third anniversary of the transplant.

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