Shropshire boy Oli living the good life thanks to heart donation
Playing lockdown cricket in the garden with his younger brother Harry, Oliver Harrison, a talented bowler, is looking forward to a half-term free from online learning.
When he becomes a teenager next week, there will be cake, presents - and a very special thank you to the family who made the decision that means Oli is alive today.
For Oli was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, a birth-defect affecting the blood flow through the heart.
When he was five-years-old he was given six months to live.
Then came the telephone call that parents, Emma and Adam, had wondered would ever come, to say a heart was available for transplant.
The transplant gave Oli, from Oswestry, a new life that he is living to the full.
He and his family are backing an NHS campaign urging families in Shropshire to talk about organ donation, after research showed fewer than half of adults in England have had the conversation.
The Leave Them Certain campaign aims to highlight the impact not knowing has on the families who are left behind and encourage people to talk about their decision.
