Lung transplant recipient meets her organ donor's family

By Harriet Alexander
Updated November 26 2015 - 10:08am, first published November 15 2015 - 12:15am
Meeting for the first time: (from left) Jemha, Tracey Slatter and Chanel. Jemha and Chanel's mother Aileen Nguyen donated her lungs to Tracey after she died. Photo: Joe Armao
Meeting for the first time: (from left) Jemha, Tracey Slatter and Chanel. Jemha and Chanel's mother Aileen Nguyen donated her lungs to Tracey after she died. Photo: Joe Armao

Two weeks after she was pronounced a dead woman walking, Tracey Slatter opened her eyes, breathed through her new lungs and knew at once she had a letter to write.

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