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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

David and Carol Mills. Visit: July 2009

 
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The photo in this post is of our son Tim and our family friend David Mills of Duncan.

Our family has known David for well over 25 years. David used to be the parish priest on Cortes Island where he also drove the garbage pick up truck. When he attended clergy meetings in Victoria he would break his journey with us on his way down island and on the return. Sometime after we knew him, he became very ill and needed a heart transplant. He received that surgery 24 years ago, when he was in his fifties, and is now the oldest surviving heart recipient on Vancouver Island.

Our son Tim needed heart transplant surgery in 1999, so is approaching 10 years post transplant on July 31/Aug 01 of this year. (The surgery went through the midnight hour!). David was a mentor for Tim as Tim approached surgery, just as Tim has helped heart recipients after his surgery.

David and his wife Carol were passing through the valley and decided to stay with my wife and I for a night. We took them to Comox Lake where Tim, his wife Andi and two children Charlotte and Oliver were camping. It was a very pleasant re-union all round.

Many thanks to all in the Comox Valley, and to those world-wide who have signed up on organ donor registries. It's because of donors like you that David and Tim have been able to live normal lives and share moments such as this one.

Best wishes to all,
Martin

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