Woman writes touching letter to the mother of her life-saving donor: “Together we have done so much”

Eve Miller told how on Monday 6th June 1988, she received the call telling her she was finally going to get the life-saving transplants she needed.

Writing on her blog, Eve said: “Back in 1988, we were told little about our donor families and writing/contact was not encouraged.

“I think it is has now common practise for the recipient to write initially and say thank you. ‘Thank you’ is probably the biggest understatement of the century.”

In the post, Eve revealed that she believes her donor was a 10-year-old boy from Reading who passed away after school on the day she got the call.

Although she hopes to now find the mother of the boy to thank her in person, Eve has written a heartwarming letter to her to tell her just how grateful she is for the transplant.

She wrote:

To my donor mum,

If you are reading this, please know that your decision was the right one. I have lived a good life, with many friends and family. I am loved and I do love.

I am eternally grateful to you and your family; it was down to you that my mum and dad did not lose me. It was because of your son that I have lived my life. It is because of your son that I am looking forward to my 40th birthday, next year. He has run with me for the last 26 years at a steady rate of 90bpm. He has drawn in air for me, 16 times per minute, hour by hour, day by day. Firemen, nurses and doctors save people all the time, he has saved me one beat at a time, one drawing in of a breath at a time, for the last 26 years. It is an understatement that I call him a hero.

Together we have achieved much. I've been to university, I've travelled, I learned to drive, I have fallen in and out of love. I've had a career. I bought a house. I have a cat! None of this would have been possible without you, or without your lad.

I think of my donor family as my other family; you are never far from my thoughts and as the 6th of June comes round every year I try to mark the occasion in some way.

I have lots more to say to you, but a public posting is not the right place. If you are 'my mum', or a member of the family then you can leave a comment. No comments are published, unless I give permission, so all information is confidential. If you don't want to be found, then this too is absolutely fine. If you just want to know more about me, then you can read this blog. Whatever the outcome, I hope that you know we are both ok and that I do my very best to look after your boy. Together we are an excellent team.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart and with love xx

Eve included every tiny piece of information she knows about her donor and his mother in the hopes of finding her. She added: “I am keen to trace my donor family - even if they don't want to write/meet, I'd love them to know how grateful I am and how great things have been, that the operation was a success and that we are still ok - both of us.”

Were you touched by Eve’s letter? Let us know via the comments box below. Read her full blog at http://thelifeandtimesofesmetherat.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/finding-my-donor-family.html?zx=1c081e9f1a227c45