The story of a heart two families united by loss, love, and lifesaving medicine
"One summer day, nine-year-old Keira Ball was in a terrible car accident and suffered catastrophic brain injuries. As the rest of her body began to shut down, her heart continued to beat. In an act of extraordinary generosity, Keira's parents and siblings immediately agreed that she would have wante...
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| 100 | 1 | |a Clarke, Rachel, |d 1972- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The story of a heart : |b two families united by loss, love, and lifesaving medicine / |c Dr. Rachel Clarke. |
| 250 | |a First Scribner hardcover edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Scribner, |c 2024. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2024 | |
| 300 | |a xxi, 232 pages ; |c 22 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue -- Kiera -- Max -- Resuscitation -- Crocodiles -- Limbo -- HeartWare -- Matching -- Waiting -- Goodbye -- Judgment -- Retrieval -- Transplant -- Aftermath -- Epilogue. | |
| 520 | |a "One summer day, nine-year-old Keira Ball was in a terrible car accident and suffered catastrophic brain injuries. As the rest of her body began to shut down, her heart continued to beat. In an act of extraordinary generosity, Keira's parents and siblings immediately agreed that she would have wanted to be an organ donor. Meanwhile nine-year-old Max Johnson had been in a hospital for nearly a year, valiantly fighting the virus that was causing his young heart to fail. When Max's parents received the call they had been hoping for, they knew it came at a terrible cost to another family-in what Clarke calls "the brutal arithmetic of transplant surgery." The act of Keira's heart resuming its rhythm inside Max's body was a medical miracle. But this was only part of the story. While waiting on the transplant list, Max had become the hopeful face of a campaign to change the UK's laws around organ donation. Following his successful surgery, Keira's mother saw the little boy beaming on the front page of the newspaper and knew it was the same boy whose parents had recently sent her an anonymous letter overflowing with gratitude for her daughter's heart. The two mothers began to exchange messages and eventually decided to meet"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. in children |z Great Britain |x History |y 21st century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Heart |x Transplantation |x Patients |z Great Britain |v Biography. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Johnson, Max, |d 2008- |x Health. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Organ donors |z Great Britain |v Biography. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Ball, Keira, |d 2008-2017 |x Death and burial. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Organ donors |x Family relationships. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Donation of organs, tissues, etc. |z Great Britain |x History |y 21st century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Donation of organs, tissues, etc. |x Psychological aspects. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Informational works. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Biographies. |2 lcgft | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Clarke, Rachel, 1972- |t Story of a heart |b First Scribner hardcover edition. |d New York : Scribner, 2024 |z 9781668045459 |w (DLC) 2024019608 |
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