Two sisters who both had heart transplants are looking forward to celebrating their first normal festive season in years after making full recoveries.
Allison Kerr and Karen Owens, from Coatbridge, were diagnosed with the genetic heart condition familial dilated cardiomyopathy which led to the death of their father in 2005.
"For so long I felt dull and lifeless, now I feel like I have music in my head again. I haven't been able to celebrate in so long: the last two years I was in hospital over the holidays, as well as on my birthday and the anniversary of my transplant. Not long after her transplant, she developed two lung infections, which had nothing to do with her heart but came from soil she was using at her allotment.She said: "It really did affect me mentally more than anything. It just felt like one thing after another and it was scary."
Mrs Kerr, who has two step-children and three grandchildren, said: "We teamed up with Marie to raise money and awareness for the heart transplant service by walking 100,000 steps throughout October.
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