Most readers are familiar with the "real Princess Diana." This book
is about a courageous woman, Diane Cummings, who was the first
person with the Tetralogy of Fallot (a congenital heart defect) to
be operated upon by Dr. Willis J. Potts in 1946. He was the pioneer
surgeon who developed an operation for this syndrome in infants who
at the time were deemed too young to have the operation. Diane went
on to lead a full life while subsequently undergoing four more
open-heart operations done by leaders in the field For this to have
happened, she survived four episodes of subacute bacterial
endocarditis due to unusual bacteria. She was fortunate to be
treated by a series of doctors who have been and still are the
pioneers in the treatment of congenital heart disease. The doctors
were: Dr. Willis J. Potts of Children's Hospital in Chicago, the
originator of the Potts' operation; the father and son team of Drs.
James and John Kirklin who were at the University of Alabama Heart
Center; and Dr. Joseph Dearani of the Mayo Clinic. She was a true
inspiration during the remaining forty-five years of her life. She
died in January 2007, having lived a full life for 62 years. This
made her one of the longest survivors on record of Potts' original
operation. This is her story.
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