'He came in and he just hugged me. He had a strong hug, just like Nick did,' the mother said. 'And then to hear the heartbeat, it was so strong and so full of life.'
METAIRIE, Louisiana -- When Maria Clark's son, Nicholas Peters, died nearly two years ago in a car crash, she said she knew immediately she wanted to donate the 25-year-old's organs.
Jean Paul, now a seventh-grade student, was just 2-years-old when he contracted a virus and developed cardiomyopathy, a condition in which"the heart muscle's ability to pump blood is reduced,"After being on life support for six months while waiting for a new heart, Jean Paul underwent a heart transplant at age 2. But over a decade later, his heart began to fail, according to his mom, Candace Armstrong.
"I know another mother is having what I have been praying to not happen. It's a very unusual circumstance to be in," Armstrong said.In most cases of organ donation, families are told to wait one year before reaching out, and it is the donor family that is able to make the outreach. "I wrote right away," she said."I wanted to know where his organs are. I want to know that they're okay, that they're doing fine and moving on with their lives and their health."
Once Jean Paul had improved after the transplant, even returning in-person to school, the two families met for the first time in-person on May 14 in New Orleans. Their meeting was organized by theArmstrong and her son brought a stethoscope to Clark so that she could hear her son's heart beating in Jean Paul.
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