Teen turns down heart transplant
A 13-year-old British girl has decided to turn down a potentially life-saving heart transplant, saying she’s had enough of hospitals after the dozen surgeries she’s already had to endure.
Hannah Jones, who was diagnosed with leukemia and later a heart condition, told her parents and medical authorities that she would rather spend her remaining time at home than in the hospital. Health authorities have ceded to the decision after interviewing the girl.
“I’ve been in hospital too much — I’ve had too much trauma,” Hannah Jones told Sky News on Tuesday. “I don’t want this, and it’s my choice not to have it.”
Hannah was diagnosed with leukemia when she was 4 years old. Chemotherapy put her into remission but doctors then discovered she had cardiomyopathy, a serious disease where the heart muscle becomes swollen and sometimes fails.
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