'I never looked at myself as being beautiful before'
Michelle Crawford, from Northern Ireland, was born with a form of heart failure which made her early childhood a tough experience. At 10 years old, she discovered she was in desperate need of a heart transplant.
Speaking to 5 Live's Clare McDonnell, she said after receiving the operation she looked in the mirror and remembers thinking she looked "beautiful" with her newly found "red, rosy cheeks".
"I never thought of myself as being beautiful before," she said. "I was severely underweight and ghastly pale."
Michelle was speaking to 5 Live after the Northern Ireland Assembly passed a bill to introduce an opt-out organ donation law in 2023.
It is due to receive Royal Assent soon and will be commonly known as 'D谩ith铆's Law' after five-year-old D谩ith铆 MacGabhann from Belfast who is waiting for a heart transplant.
Listen to the full interview on Drive on 麻豆社 Sounds.
