Colleen Ashby, a heart transplant recipient and soon-to-be World Transplant Games Athlete, joined Steve Mills in the studio for Everyone’s Got a Story.

The World Transplant Games are coming to Perth for the first time next April. 

Colleen lost her sight following a life-saving heart transplant in 2015.

She explained to Millsy that shortly after the operation, she found out about the Transplant Games and set herself a goal to compete in swimming.

“When I was recovering, I just, for some reason, put my hands up above my head, and I thought I can do this,” she said.

“It was just a miracle in that,

“I thought I’ve got enough vision, I’ve got my arms, I can hit the water.”

Tap PLAY to hear Colleen’s story.

See Colleen on Nine News tonight as she prepares for the World Transplant Games here in Perth: