Bristol woman celebrates three decades of life with new heart
Lorinda Towe poses with the special bouquet of flowers she had made to celebrate surviving 30 years with a heart transplant. The Bristol woman received her new heart the day after Easter in 1994, enabling her to live a normal, active life in the community. Reporter & Farmer | Amanda Dulitz
The day after Easter, 1994, Lorinda Towe got a chance at a renewed life.
Two years prior, a virus had destroyed her heart.
“Instantly, I couldn’t do anything,” Towe says.
She had a choice. Do nothing, and maybe live six months, or take it very easy on her heart and hope for an eventual transplant.
Towe chose the second option.
For two years and four days she stayed in bed or in a chair and waited.
