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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Lucy Garcia

Sisters ready for a ‘normal’ Christmas after both receive heart transplants

TWO sisters who both had heart transplants are ­looking forward to celebrating their first normal festive season in years after making full recoveries.

Allison Kerr and Karen Owens were diagnosed with the genetic heart condition familial dilated ­cardiomyopathy which led to the death of their father in 2005.

As their symptoms progressed, they discovered their only option was to undergo transplantation, and they both had to shield during the ­pandemic due to their vulnerability.

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