As he waited for the op, his donor heart was kept beating in what is almost with blood was pumped through it to keep it alive, report BirminghamLive. In face James owes his life to his 'heart in a box' with surgeons prepared for a remarkable transplant. “Our whole family was shocked when we heard he was on the transplant list,” admits Kat. The heart was put in the ‘Heart in a Box’, where it continues beating and remains alive by pumping blood round its ‘box body’. Heart in a Box is transportable and means that organs can be moved around the country to save lives here in Birmingham.

Source: Daily Mirror February 15, 2019 06:45 UTC