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Hannah's Choice - A Daughter's Love for Life. the Mother Who Let Her Make the Hardest Decision of All. (Paperback)
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Hannah's Choice - A Daughter's Love for Life. the Mother Who Let Her Make the Hardest Decision of All. (Paperback)
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Loot Price R261
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The moving and inspirational true story of one little girl's battle
against the medical odds and a mother's unwavering love for her
daughter. 'If I could have any wish it wouldn't be a part in High
School Musical. I'd like to live just one day without having to
rest when my heart gets tired: I'd just waste my energy, doing
stuff with friends. But I can't and feeling unhappy about it is a
waste of time. Being happy gives me energy - so much so that
sometimes I want to do a cartwheel even though I can't actually
manage it. My decision wasn't about dying. It's about living.' When
her daughter Hannah was only four years old, Kirsty Jones received
the news that no mother ever wants to hear. Her little girl had
leukaemia. But Kirsty knew that Hannah was a fighter, and after
gruelling chemotheraphy she beat the disease. But there was more
trauma to come: the chemotherapy drugs had damaged Hannah's heart.
At first, doctors hoped that Hannah's body would compensate for the
damaged muscle, but when Hannah was only twelve her heart failed
without warning. As her life hung in the balance, Doctors advised
that Hannah's only chance of survival was a heart transplant, but
the operation was very risky and the anti-rejection drugs might
bring back the leukaemia. Kirsty knew one thing: Hannah deserved to
decide her own destiny. Wise beyond her years after learning to
cope with so much, Hannah made her choice: she did not want the
transplant. She'd had enough of hospitals and wanted to be at home
with her family. Then in July 2009, the right side of Hannah's
heart completely stopped working and her kidneys started to fail.
Days later Hannah celebrated her 14th birthday - a milestone she
was never expected to reach - and Hannah was ready to make a
different choice. She agreed to have the transplant. Now Kirsty and
Hannah tell their unique story and, with wit and honesty, their
interweaving voices describe how facing and overcoming death has
taught them so much about living. Filled with wisdom and grace,
tears and laughter, Hannah's Choice is about beating the odds and
finding joy in each day.
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