‘Luckiest bride in the world' had been days from death

WHEN Katy Docking walked down the aisle to marry fiance Carl it was a moment she thought she would never live to see.

- Lucy Laing

Her wedding took place in December last year after she was given the gift of life by an organ donor.

Katy was just two days from death when she received a lung transplant in November 2018.

She had been born with cystic fibrosis, which saw her lungs deteriorate. But a pair of donor lungs were found just in time and she made an amazing recovery.

Katy, 36, and Carl, 50, are celebrating their first wedding anniversary. She said: “I feel incredibly lucky to have been able to get married to Carl.

“For most couples their first anniversary is special, but for us it’s extra special because we feel so lucky to have been able to get married at all.”