'I feel extremely lucky that I was the first person in the UK to have the procedure. I think it's really cool.'
A schoolgirl who survived landmark heart surgery as a baby is now set to sit her GCSEs.
The hybrid procedure enables the heart to function until a baby is strong enough for open heart surgery.Clinicians discovered Miss Gardener had hypoplastic left heart syndrome during her mother's 20-week scan.The condition means the left-side of a baby's heart does not develop properly in the womb, preventing blood from flowing properly around the body.
"We were thrilled because Annabelle was really poorly and we had run out of options. She wouldn't have made it otherwise."Miss Gardener had two further heart surgeries aged six months and six years old Miss Gardener went on to have full open-heart surgery at six months old and another procedure in 2012 when she was six.Miss Gardener, who enjoys many sports, says she "doesn't let [her] heart condition get in the way"
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