A man after a heart transplant found and fell in love with the wife of a deceased donor (3 photos)

Sonny Graham immediately noticed that his life was changing, in particular, he became more emotional and restless.





57-year-old American Sonny Graham from Georgia received the heart of 33-year-old suicide Terry Cottle. After a difficult transplant, the man's life began to gradually change, and in the end, he noticed that he was repeating the fate of the donor. About the story that happened in 1995.

After completing a course of rehabilitation, Sonny could not help but notice that some things were changing in his life, in particular, he became more emotional and restless, and also loved beer and hot dogs.

A year later, the American, grateful for the life saved, decided to send a letter to Terry's family and personally thank his wife, Cheryl.



In January 1997, Graham and his wife met a 30-year-old widow, and in April of the same year he was even asked to walk her down the aisle during a church ceremony.

Over time, Sonny realized that he had adopted not only Terry's gastronomic preferences, but also fell in love with his wife.

"I felt like I'd known her for years and I couldn't take my eyes off her. I just stared," the man recalls of their first meeting.

Thus, the Grahams' 38-year marriage ended, and later Cheryl left her second husband George Watkins.

In 2001, the lovers moved in together. At first, their relationship was not smooth, to put it mildly, but in December 2004, they finally got engaged. Unfortunately, this was not the last coincidence in the fate of the two men: Sonny, like Terry, committed suicide on April 1, 2008.