Cork ‘Warrior’ begins fight back after transplant

Courageous Isabel Terry has been described as a “warrior” focused on recovery following her double lung and heart transplant operation.

Isabel, from Cork, who had been waiting 15-years for the call that could change her life, underwent the marathon 12-hour surgery in the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle at the weekend.

Posting on her Facebook page, Life on the List, her partner, Philip, said it was a tough and complex operation but that the surgeon who oversaw the procedure is happy.