The pain of the 14-year-old’s death is tempered by community support and knowing his transplanted heart saved a woman’s life.
Nolan Berthelette had a big heart.
He befriended children at school who were having a hard time.
As a 3-year-old, he stood in front of a bush that a landscaping crew
was going to cut down until they gave up. Since he was 7, he has donated
money to help save polar bears.
In the two weeks since the sudden death of their 14-year-old son, Ray
Berthelette, Nolan’s father, said that he, his wife, Amy, and Nolan’s
younger brother, Nason, have learned a lot about their son, much of it
involving that heart.
And now the heart is helping someone else.
The family donated Nolan’s organs, which have helped save four lives,
Berthelette said, including a woman in her 20s who received Nolan’s
heart.
“The woman that received his heart, she’s in her 20s and is in the
military and was hooked up to life support with days to live when she
got his heart,” Berthelette said. “What we’re being told is she’s doing
phenomenal.”
Berthelette said the pain of Nolan’s death two weeks ago is ...more
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