‘Looking at my own heart has been surreal’

A TRANSPLANT patient said yesterday that it was “surreal and emotional” to come face to face with her heart when she visited an exhibition where the organ is being displayed.

‘Looking at my own heart has been surreal’

Jennifer Sutton, from Ringwood, Hampshire, said her first reaction was “yuk” when she viewed the organ that nearly killed her. But her revulsion quickly gave way to fascination when she visited the Wellcome Collection in central London where her old heart is on display.

“It was slightly surreal, but amazing at the same time, to see the object that had caused me so much pain and anguish,” she said.

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