The story of a heart
Clarke, Rachel (Physician)2024
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The first of our organs to form, the last to die, the heart is both a simple pump and the symbol of all that makes us human: as long as it continues to beat, we hope. One summer day, nine-year-old Keira suffered catastrophic injuries in a car accident. Though her brain and the rest of her body began to shut down, her heart continued to beat. In an act of extraordinary generosity, Keira's parents and siblings agreed that she would have wanted to be an organ donor. Meanwhile nine-year-old Max had been hospitalised for nearly a year with a virus that was causing his young heart to fail. When Max's parents received the call they had been hoping for, they knew it came at a terrible cost to another family. This is the unforgettable story of how one family's grief transformed into a lifesaving gift.
Main title:
The story of a heart / Rachel Clarke.
Author:
Clarke, Rachel (Physician), author
Imprint:
London : Abacus Books, 2024.
Collation:
274 pages ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780349145594 (hbk)
Dewey class:
362.197412617.4120592092362.1362.1974362.197617.412
LC class:
RD598.35.T7
Local class:
362.197617.41205B JOH617.412
Language:
English
Subject:
Heart -- Transplantation -- Great Britain -- Case studiesHeart -- Transplantation -- Patients -- Great BritainTerminally ill children -- Great BritainFamilies of the terminally ill -- Great BritainHealth and WellbeingHeart -- Transplantation -- Great BritainTransplantation of organs, tissues, etc. in children -- Great BritainJohnson, Max, 2008- -- HealthBall, Keira, 2008-2017 -- Death and burialDonation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Great BritainOrgan donors -- Family relationships
BRN:
3944711
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