Most people that knew Carol will also have known her story.

Carol was a Nurse for many years and made progression through the ranks and ended her career as a Ward Manager.

Whilst feeling unwell, she went to work as usual in February 2010 and collapsed when leaving the lift. From that moment on her life wouldn't be the same again.

Carol spend a lot of time in hospital over the next few months before eventually securing a desperate lung from a donor. This was then transplanted into Carol and she had her 'second birthday' finally on the 29th April 2010.

Years of struggle went by, with her condition meaning that she would need life long care and medication to continue life, but was expected to gain an extra 5 years from this. 

Carol became dependant on 24/7 oxygen, required several further procedures and medications along the way, but just when we all though she was really beating the odds after giving the middle finger to all of the experts and making it past her 12 year anniversary she was admitted to hospital in June of this year and was diagnosed with cancer.

Her body was not as strong as the average person but god did she give it her all! She went when she was ready, and gained her angel wings on the 15th August very peacefully surrounded by loved ones.

Whilst that is a very long story condensed down into a readable section, it would have been a lot shorter had it not have been for the Transplant Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. It's for that reason that Carol chose that charity as a beneficiary of any donations from those that are kind enough to give.

The Birmingham Transplant Centre will be a national centre of excellence for organ transplantation, and will be funded in its entirety by UHB Charity. It will put patient care at the forefront of transplantation and will create a one stop shop for patients undergoing organ transplants.UHB Charity want to bring all of the specialist care available to the patient, taking away a huge amount of stress and therefore speeding up recovery time. The new centre will bring all the specialist care to patients, including pre-transplant consultations, additional fitness classes before surgery, patient support groups, and rehabilitation classes after surgery.