{"id":3685,"date":"2025-10-21T10:42:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/wythenshawe\/mum-has-successful-double-lung-transplant-at-wythenshawe-heart-and-lung-transplant-centre\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T14:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T14:02:30","slug":"mum-has-successful-double-lung-transplant-at-wythenshawe-heart-and-lung-transplant-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/wythenshawe\/mum-has-successful-double-lung-transplant-at-wythenshawe-heart-and-lung-transplant-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Mum has successful double lung transplant at Wythenshawe Heart and Lung Transplant Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After years of suffering, one mother is sharing her story in the hope of raising awareness around organ donation.<\/p>\n<p>Over 8000 people in the UK are waiting for a transplant, Heather Bluer, a 45-year-old lawyer from Bolton, was once one of those people.<\/p>\n<p>Heather was always susceptible to chest infections as a child and as an adult was told she had a genetic condition, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency that can affect the lungs and liver. The impact of which came to a head during covid. Heather explained:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI shielded very strictly in lockdown, once it had passed and I began to socialise and reintegrate, I started having what we thought were panic attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d have them in the supermarket for example. I felt as though I couldn\u2019t breathe and assumed they were being brought on by challenges I was having in my personal life and the shock of reintegrating to society. I had been losing a lot of weight and became very unwell, almost crippled by anxiety, to the point where my boss told me to take some time off and seek medical advice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first my GP treated me for anxiety and depression. I reluctantly accepted medication but rapidly became more unwell with various other symptoms, I was a mess and hadn\u2019t been able to leave the house for eight weeks. I told my GP I didn\u2019t feel it was a mental illness and refused to take anymore medication, insisting on further tests. I actually said to the GP I think I\u2019m dying.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3688\" style=\"width: 181px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3688\" src=\"https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-in-hospital-before-her-transplant-170x300.jpg\" alt=\"Heather Bluer in hospital bed\" width=\"181\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-in-hospital-before-her-transplant-170x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-in-hospital-before-her-transplant-580x1024.jpg 580w, https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-in-hospital-before-her-transplant-768x1356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-in-hospital-before-her-transplant-60x106.jpg 60w, https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-in-hospital-before-her-transplant-680x1201.jpg 680w, https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-in-hospital-before-her-transplant.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heather Bluer in hospital before her transplant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAfter getting a heart scan, by which point I was in a wheelchair because I could no longer walk from the swelling, they told me the right-hand side of my heart was enlarged and leaking. They thought this was being caused by the issues with my lungs, after taking my sats, which were so low they were not compatible with life, I was immediately admitted, put into a bed and linked up to various machines and oxygen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe panic attacks hadn\u2019t been brought on by stress or anxiety, it was because I was so physically unwell and my oxygen levels were so low I actually couldn\u2019t breathe which made me panic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At this point Heather was told she needed a heart and double lung transplant, although it was eventually decided that with a double lung transplant, her heart would repair itself with appropriate medication repair itself. Her poor health meant it took longer than usual to be placed on the transplant list and over the next two years her health significantly declined. She became completely bed-bound and required daily carers as she tried to raise her two children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA couple of times I was given 48 hours to live, I caught covid a few times and life was generally very grim. I struggle to remember a lot of it as I was on such high levels of morphine, but I will never forget the feeling of each day wondering \u2018will today be the day I die\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day was just a case of ticking another one off. I never verbalised the idea of dying as that would have made it become more real, but I was definitely aware of the reality of my situation \u2013 even if I was never outright told I was actually on end of life care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was horrendous for my family and friends, I knew it was difficult for them but you\u2019re so unwell your view of the world is very selfish as you\u2019re just trying to survive. As amazing as they are, they could never fully understand just how it feels to fight for every breath and think is this my last. The demands I put on them must have been horrific, especially on top of other commitments they had.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy then 13 year old daughter was regularly drawing up my morphine and called 999 late at night more than once. My parents were my primary support, it\u2019s only now I can reflect and I cannot begin to imagine what it must have been like for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then, at 2:15pm on 19<sup>th<\/sup> June 2024, Heather got the call that a donor had become available and she needed to get to Wythenshawe Hospital immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Heather was being sent to Manchester\u2019s world-renowned <a href=\"https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/wythenshawe\/services\/cardiology-and-cardiothoracic-surgery\/heart-and-lung-transplant\/\">Heart and Lung Transplant Centre<\/a>. The unit is one of only five specialist centres in the UK offering adult heart and lung transplantation, and the only one serving patients in the North West of England.<\/p>\n<p>Just over 12 hours after receiving the call, she was in surgery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have such limited recollection of the whole day, I just remember thinking \u2018f****** hell this is it\u2019 \u2013 it didn\u2019t seem real. I genuinely thought I was being wheeled to my death as I\u2019d always believed I would not survive surgery, despite never verbalising that to anyone. All I remember is the call and then coming round in the intensive care unit to a nurse saying my name and asking me to open my eyes. It was only following surgery did I learn I had a matter of days left to live if I hadn\u2019t received my transplant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a really strange feeling, I questioned whether I was actually alive or had instead died. But there was also an overwhelming feeling of guilt, someone had to die for me to live, and I carry this with me to date. I was in safe hands, every single member of staff was incredible with me, there is not enough praise I can give them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3689\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3689 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-with-her-children-scaled-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Selfie of Heather Bluer with her two children\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-with-her-children-scaled-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-with-her-children-scaled-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-with-her-children-scaled-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-with-her-children-scaled-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-with-her-children-scaled-60x80.jpg 60w, https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-with-her-children-scaled-680x907.jpg 680w, https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-with-her-children-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heather Bluer with her children after her transplant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSomebody said to me at the start of the journey regarding that you become part of the transplant family, which I only now fully appreciate. You absolutely do, they\u2019re there for the ups and downs, they\u2019re there when you\u2019re screaming in agony at 3am, they\u2019re the ones holding your hand, wiping your tears, pushing you, washing you and helping you go to the toilet. Many of them will know more in some ways than my friends and family as you try not to tell loved ones everything in an attempt to protect them. They get you through the darkest and scariest of times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not just doing a job, it\u2019s clear they genuinely care and it\u2019s not a job to those people -it\u2019s a life. How they do what they do I will never know, little things often showed their level of genuine empathy and care, like remembering how you have your tea or how I want the door open at night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce I had my new lungs, having been on end-of-life care my attitude was just to get back out into the world and get on with life, so I pushed to leave hospital quickly. I understand now why they wanted to keep me longer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving a transplant isn\u2019t the cure, it\u2019s a treatment and needs to be managed and cared for the rest of my time. There are restrictions and side effects caused by my medication regiment, there are always hospitals trips, I can\u2019t go out in the sun due to risk of skin cancer and so on, it\u2019s a lifelong commitment to a new normality but a very small price to pay for life!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat it has given me is a greater value of the little things, I get to see my amazing children grow up and see milestones I never thought possible. Until recently I had never seen my son play football, I can take my daughter shopping, I can enjoy eating without issue, I can see family and friends without them being my carers. I get to be a mum again! 12 months ago I never would have thought this possible.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3687\" style=\"width: 178px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3687 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-left-at-a-recent-wedding-scaled-178x300.jpg\" alt=\"Two women at a wedding\" width=\"178\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-left-at-a-recent-wedding-scaled-178x300.jpg 178w, https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-left-at-a-recent-wedding-scaled-609x1024.jpg 609w, https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-left-at-a-recent-wedding-scaled-768x1291.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-left-at-a-recent-wedding-scaled-914x1536.jpg 914w, https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-left-at-a-recent-wedding-scaled-1218x2048.jpg 1218w, https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-left-at-a-recent-wedding-scaled-60x101.jpg 60w, https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-left-at-a-recent-wedding-scaled-680x1143.jpg 680w, https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Heather-Bluer-left-at-a-recent-wedding-scaled.jpg 1523w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heather Bluer (left) at a recent wedding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI am alive and this is thanks to not only the amazing team at Wythenshawe but the incredible gift of life from my donor and their amazing family, debts that I can never begin to repay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tell my story not for sympathy or pity, but to raise awareness of the amazing job the Wythenshawe Heart and Lung Transplant Centre do and raise awareness on organ donation. If someone reading this can save just one life, it\u2019s worth doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It takes just two minutes to confirm your decision to become an organ donor \u2013 more information at <a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.organdonation.nhs.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPhill.Stotan%40mft.nhs.uk%7C52f123bd5b5348f7afc008ddfb7e338b%7Cddc77078e8034eeb80cadd03ba7459c4%7C0%7C0%7C638943241645764097%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=AQl15OVqWGfzb92WvJcPDV2%2BA48RuyuY%2BYVGih0MNgQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.organdonation.nhs.uk<\/a> or by using the NHS App.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After years of suffering, one mother is sharing her story in the hope of raising awareness around organ donation. 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