The family of a girl awaiting a heart transplant are asking parents to consider organ donations.
It's a plight Terry and Cheryl from Burnopfield, County Durham, know both sides of.Doctors asked if they would donate her organs, Terry immediately refused but Cheryl said yes.
"Losing a child is just the worst thing imaginable, and my instant response was to be protective of her. I did not want anyone touching her. "It's such a traumatic thing, so we are asking people to simply think about it before they ever actually find themselves in that situation," Terry says.
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