He got the human heart and then he lived the same life.
A man who received a new heart through a transplant ended up living an eerily similar life to the man who donated it.
About this writing LADbible.
In 1995, 33-year-old Terry Cottle of South Carolina shot himself in his bathroom and died after four days in the hospital, where his life support was turned off and his organs were removed. are given.
Terry’s suicide led to a call from 57-year-old Sonny Gramm of Georgia that a heart had become available for transplant.
Sonny was told he was on the verge of congestive heart failure and went under the knife to transplant Terry’s heart. After this, the 57-year-old man began to notice that some things in his life were changing, in particular, he began to like beer and hot dogs.
Terry Cottle / Photo: LADbible
It turned out that Terry really liked him, and people who knew Sonny said that he became restless.
A year after his transplant, Sonny asked him to send a letter to Terry’s family to personally thank his wife Cheryl.
In January 1997, he and his wife met the 30-year-old widow for dinner, and in April of the same year they attended her wedding; Sonny even walked Cheryl down the aisle at the ceremony.
Several years after their first meeting, Cheryl gave birth to a son with her husband, and Sonny’s wife found out that her husband was closer to her husband’s widow, who had his heart, than she thought.
Not only did Sonny enjoy Terry’s favorite food, but he also fell in love with his wife.
“I felt like I’d known her for years, I couldn’t take my eyes off her. I just watched,” Sonny told CBS about his first meeting, where he said he fell in love with her “at first sight. “
Sonny Graham / Photo: LADbible
Sonny’s marriage of 38 years ended and Cheryl divorced her husband George Watkins.
In 2001, Sonny and Cheryl moved in together and he planned to build her a house. The relationship was not a smooth sailing, a few months after the couple Cheryl left to marry again and Sonny sued her.
This new marriage did not last long for Cheryl, and in December 2004, she and Sonny got married, which meant that the man married the same woman who married his heart donor.
After living a life similar to that of his heart donor, Sonny unfortunately died in similar circumstances, taking his own life on April 1, 2008.
Remember that twins separated after birth lead an equal lifestyle. They were adopted by different families.
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2024-10-07 07:38:56
