Thank You with All My Heart ; Zara Was 21 and a New Mother When Heart Disease Threatened to Kill Her. Here, in One Unique Picture, Is the Transplant Team Who Saved Her Life ...
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ZARA PIXLEY looks the epitome of health. The 21-year-old mum has a radiant smile and a beautiful baby boy. But just 18 months ago her prospects were not so bright.
Her life was thrown into chaos as the strain of her first pregnancy triggered a heart condition known as Peripartum Dilated Cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle.See the full content of this document
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Thank You with All My Heart ; Zara Was 21 and a New Mother When Heart Disease Threatened to Kill Her. Here, in One Unique Picture, Is the Transplant Team Who Saved Her Life ...
Zara managed to have her baby, but then started to deteriorate fast - only a heart transplant was going to save her. And, miraculously, just eight months after going on the transplant list, she got a call to say a heart was available.
Now, three months after the operation, the Daily Mail has arranged for her to travel back to one of the UK's main transplant centres, Papworth Everard Hospital in Cambridgeshire, to meet the people who gave her a second chance at life.Watching silently from the corner of the room, Zara's clearly overwhelmed with the number of people who helped save her - many of whom, like the driver who brought her new heart back to Papworth,...See the full content of this document
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