A footballer who needed a transplant after he “died” twice during heart surgery proposed to his girlfriend before his op – “in case his new heart didn’t love her”.
Brooklyn Peakman, 20, had a stroke that left him technically dead for 17 minutes and ended up in a coma when his original valve surgery went wrong.
The talented goalie’s family were told he was unlikely to recover. He beat the odds but, after coming out of the coma at Christmas, was warned he needed an urgent heart transplant.
