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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Pat Hagan

'Donor heart number FIVE saved my life - I didn't get my hopes up until transplant'

Jack Pepper is a fairly typical teenager, bursting with energy and busy living life to the full. As well as studying for a diploma in plumbing, he enjoys keeping fit and active through swimming and running.

But there is one thing that sets Jack, 19, apart from his peers.

This time last year he was staring death in the face, as doctors frantically searched for a healthy donor heart to replace the one rapidly decaying inside his body.

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