Photo: Emily Linaker, 14, had restrictive cardiomyopathy - a condition which prevented her heart filling up properly meaning her blood flow was restricted. She was diagnosed a year ago after her legs swelled up.
A teenager is back at home with a new heart just two months after doctors gave her a five per cent chance of survival.
Emily Linaker, 14, had been on the waiting list for a heart transplant for several months, but the operation became urgent after her heart deteriorated so suddenly it left her on the brink of death.
Her mother, Sam, said they now feel like ‘the luckiest family on the planet’ after a donor heart became available just in time to save her.
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