The Heart is Beautiful - A documentarys / real-life drama

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Synopsis

Klerksdorp, a small town in South Africa. This is where the Gird family live. Melanie is 20 and her younger brother Trevor is 15. They have ARVD, a life-threatening condition that slowly destroys the heart. Their only hope of survival is a heart transplant operation.

This is a moving real-life drama about two children, a brother and sister, waiting for a heart. They know time is running out for them as each week passes ...

Keen to inspire donors to step forward, not only for themselves but for thousands like them, they have opened their lives to the prying eye of television cameras. In this series we follow them on their difficult journey. There can be no assurance about the outcome. They hope that this series will inspire others to support donor programmes. It may save thousands of lives, if not necessarily their own.

News

Trevor Junior has passed away

published 2010/05/21

The brave young man that adamantly told his doctors on Wednesday night that he would wait for a new heart, no matter what, has passed away. His weak lungs and failing donor heart simply couldn't supply his body with enough oxygen to continue functioning.

Trevor will be remembered as an example to us all of how we should never take our health and that of our loved ones for granted for even a moment. He once said "one needs to stay positive through it all and not let it get you down. You need to think about what you still have.". This was at a time when his heart was weakening faster than doctors had expected and he had been given a life expectancy of between 2 and 4 weeks.

Today a cloud of sadness hangs over Foxwood as we all remember a young and athletic Trevor and try to come to terms with the fact that someone with such a strong will to live has, after such a brave fight, lost the battle.

News Archive

Trevor's lung infection has returned...
   [2010/05/17]
 The struggle continues...
   [2010/05/17]
 The wait continues ...
   [2010/05/03]
 Trevor went into septic shock!
   [2010/04/28]

 Trevor steadily improving since Monday night!    [2010/04/19]

 Trevor's bravely fighting lung infection!
   [2010/04/19]

 Trevor Gird's donor heart rejected!
   [2010/04/16]