'My Christmas message to a family I don't know - to say thank you for saving my life'
Every Christmas, nurse Mini Karuppan writes a letter to a family she doesn't know. She doesn't know where they live or their loved one's name, but they saved her life.
Mini, a senior clinical research nurse in diabetes who lives with her husband, Baz, and 11-year-old son, Sid, in Altrincham, Trafford, liaises with the donor's family through the North West Organ Donations Services Team. Her letters are managed by them anonymously. "I write to say that I am thinking of them. I said that life has been good for me - and to say that they are not forgotten. I want them to know they are not forgotten. They are always in my thoughts but it is good to put it all into words. It is a small thing to do for such a big, life-changing thing for me."
"I came home from work last year to discover my son, Sid, had registered his name with the organ donation list. I was quite surprised at first. However, he has seen the impact and the positive difference it has made to our family. I'm so thankful I was able to get a matching kidney so fast and really grateful to the donor and their family
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