At the beginning of August in 2024, Kaitlan Adams was with her husband Cade Adams at their home in Sharon when she suddenly collapsed.

"Very unexpected. She had like flu symptoms we thought she was sick," Cade said. "She had pale skin, she couldn't keep food down, hot and cold sweats," he said.

They quickly found out Kaitlan was dealing with something much more severe.

"The doctor came out and told us, 'Did we know she was pregnant,' and we're like, 'No' and he said, 'Well she had an ectopic pregnancy and she's had internal bleeding which caused a cardiac arrest,'" Sandra Hutchinson, Kaitlan's mom said.

Then, Kaitlan's heart stopped and by August 3rd she died.

"She was 22 years old, my only child, you know," Hutchinson said.

"We were married for about a year and four months at that time. It was devastating. It was like my entire world was just gone upside down," Cade said. "Even to this day I'm still learning how to live without her. It's tough," he said, tearfully.

In the midst of the worst tragedy, Cade made a hard decision. Since Kaitlan was a giver, he decided to honor her memory by donating her organs.

"It was more of, attempting, hoping to save a life," Cade said. "Even in a tragedy there's some possible hope that something good could come from it and I thought about what she would want to do. She was like a very caring and kind person so I opted for that because I know that's what she would want," he said.

Kaitlan's heart would be received by Nasasha Parker, who was in desperate need of a transplant. Her kidney and liver were given to two other people.

"I had two rare conditions, one multiple myeloma and another one AL amyloidosis which is the reason I needed the heart," Parker said. "It caused my heart to harden and it wouldn't beat or squeeze the fluid or the blood through my body," she said.

About 94 days went by until she learned she'd be receiving a new heart.

"It was an up and down rollercoaster, because of conditions with my health I was on the list and off the list and on the list so I never was really afraid just because of my faith but it just became long," Parker said.

Hutchinson was initially against the idea until she had a change of heart herself.

"At first we really didn't agree with it much because you know, the process of it," Hutchinson said. "But once they talked more about her being able to help so many people we decided you know, it's something she would want to do because she was a giving person and she would've helped anybody," she said.

The meeting between Parker and Kaitlan's family was nerve-wracking at first but once they laid eyes on Parker and knew Kaitlan's beating heart was keeping her alive, everything changed.

"Definitely comfort that she's still living on you know and she didn't die in vain, you know she's still here, that's how I look at it you know, she gave her a second chance at life," Hutchinson said.

"Now that I've met miss Sandy I don't feel guilty anymore because it's a sense of guilt to know for me to live someone had to pass," Parker said.

Parker encourages everyone to donate blood or become organ donors to help save a life.