Latina Child From Arizona Saved by Dead Infant's Heart; Mother Hears Dead Son's Heart for the First Time

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Heather Clark, one mom from Rancho Cucamonga in San Bernardino County, listened to the rhythmic throbbing of her son's heart. But for some twist of fate, and through the benevolence of the human spirit, she gets to hear the heartbeat from the child of another mother.

Clark heard the pulse of her 7-month-old son Lukas' heart for the first time after his death back in 2013. And it was through a young girl from Arizona who received the organ donation from the mother-and-son pair from California on June 22, 2013.

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"There is another family out there, somewhere, you know who's feeling something of what I'm feeling, somewhat, and I have the chance to make them not go through what I'm about to go through," said Heather Clark said on her decision to donate her son's organs, the Fox10 Phoenix reported.

"The only thing I can think of is, I can't save my own son so why not save someone else's child because I can't do anything with him," she added.

The 4-year-old Jordan Drake suffered from a congenital heart defect and has been a frequenter in the Phoenix Children's Hospital. Thanks to the heart transplant, she was able to survive the whole process.

"It's hard to describe... that she would be so selfless to be able to think of another family while she's going through her grief," said Jordan's mom Esther Gonzalez.

While the outcome has brought hope to the two families, it all started from the tragic incident surrounding the death of Clark's son. Lukas died after he was left with a babysitter to whom Clark entrusted her son to.

Allegedly, the young boy was abused by the boyfriend of the babysitter that led to his death, but Clark decided not to go through the details as criminal investigation is still pending.

Clark and little Jordan, together with her mom, had their first encounter last Friday, Jan. 29, 2016, at the Phoenix Children's Hospital with the help of Donor Network of Arizona, a non-profit organization.

In return for the gift of life, Jordan gave Clark a teddy bear that lets out a heartbeat sound when pressed. Clark described it as a "perfect gift" as she could now listen to her son's heartbeat whenever she pleases to as the sound was an audio recording of Lukas' heartbeat, wrote Inquisitr.

"We're family now, we're friends now, our families are families, we've brought our families together," said Gonzalez.