A wife has paid tribute to her 'incredible' husband who died while waiting for a heart transplant. Luke Barnes, who lived in Mapperley, was taken off his life support on Friday, March 17 after he suffered an irreversible brain injury as a result of his implanted heart pump failing.
The 34-year-old was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle that makes it harder for the heart to pump blood to the rest of the body, in 2018. The IT worker was admitted full-time to Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, in November 2022 as it was no longer safe for him to be at home while he awaited a heart transplant.
During his stay in hospital he helped to spread awareness online about the reality of living with heart disease and being on the transplant list.
