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Heart Transplant At The Age Of 13
What do you make of this little 13 year old who went to court to prevent a heart transplant? What do you make of this little 13 year old who went to court to prevent a heart transplant?
Fri, 18 Dec 2009
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rekha's
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i think that she was right, it her body after all if she has had enough then its her choice
for the people below me there was a little girl who has been on medication all her life for severe heart problems and the doctors wanted to give her a heart transplant, and she didnt want it, because she had had enough of being in hospital every 2/3 weeks, so they went to court over it, and the little girl won
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