FROM SAME CONDITION
I got news and thought ‘Oh my God, it can’t be happening to him too’ DAD JOE ON THE PAIN OF SEEING HIS SON SUFFER
doctors. He was sent home the first time with antibiotics for a chest infection, but then a few days later he still hadn’t got any better.
“Hannah took him back and they thought he may have been bulimic, as he was being sick. So they sent him for some blood tests and X-rays, and the X-ray showed that his heart was enlarged.”
Joe was shaken to the core when Hannah, who teaches English, called from Doncaster Hospital to say Kit might also have dilated cardiomyopathy. He recalls: “I just said ‘Oh my God, it can’t be happening to him too.’ I thought it was a million-to-one chance when it happened to me all those years ago. I had never imagined it would happen to Kit too.”
Although Kit is on the Berlin Heart machine, finding a new organ is vital. Last night the family of transplant hero Max sent a message of hope to Kit and his family.
Max’s mum Emma said: “As a family who know what waiting for a heart feels like, we send love and best wishes to Kit and his family. We really hope that the special call will come for them soon.
“We also send love to all the families with the courage to make a selfless and brave decision to say yes to donation and save another life at the most difficult, personal time. “Max, especially, is thinking about Kit and has sent a little card to him, showing his support and encouragement.”