A mum who made the difficult decision to donate her son's heart after he suffered a catastrophic brain injury said she "would have always regretted" not agreeing to donation, and said it was a comfort that even in death Connor had saved another life.
Forest Hall mum Honey Sales, a nursing assistant at the Freeman Hospital, suffered tragedy in 2019 when her son Connor Marchbanks, just 24, fell suddenly-ill. Otherwise healthy, the day he fell ill he began complaining of headaches - and devastatingly it transpired that he had a fatal brain injury.
While Connor was in the RVI on life support, Honey decided to ask about organ donation, and although she was initially reluctant, said she was pleased she had decided to go ahead with it - as her son had been able to save another life. She said: "It was devastating – the doctors said that in every other way Connor was so fit and healthy – we couldn’t believe what was happening.
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