A woman who had a heart transplant has refused to get rid of her faulty ticker and is keeping it in a plastic bag at her home. Jessica Manning, 29, was diagnosed with several heart defects from birth, including having only half a heart, describing the organ as "cookie dough".
She had to have more than 200 minor and major surgeries, before eventually Jessica, from New Zealand, was given a new heart via donation at the age of 25. She donated the organ to science but 10 months later she was told it was no longer needed – so she decided to keep it, and now she plans to bury it in her garden.
