Heather Beckett's family donated her organs after she suffered a catastrophic asthma attack.
When Heather Beckett suffered a catastrophic asthma attack which triggered a cardiac arrest, her family was left with devastating news.
Charlotte Beckett, 29, described her mother as "as fit as a fiddle", and someone who had never smoked, or been a big drinker but walked and cycled every day. Charlotte explained: "Dad still got her to hospital and after 13 minutes the amazing doctors and nurses got her back breathing and although she was critically ill we thought we had her back.
"The specialist organ donation nurses helped us as a family to have that very precious and final hour with my mum.
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