Teddy exhibition: Bear of youngest heart transplant child on display in Oxfordshire

The mother of a girl who received a heart transplant has loaned her daughter's teddy bear to a special exhibition.

Kayleigh Harper, who was the youngest child in the UK at the time to receive a heart transplant at seven months old, died when she was six-and-a-half years old.

Her pink teddy bear Kayleigh is one of the toys that feature in the exhibition at Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock, which includes 20 stuffed animals from families across the county.

Kayleigh's mother, Sue Harper, said the bear still brings her comfort when she is "having a down day".

Video journalist: Chris Wood

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