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Simona Kitanovska

Woman Gets New Lease Of Life After Surviving Over 200 Surgeries By The Age Of 25

A woman who endured more than 200 surgeries has a new lease of life thanks to a heart and liver transplant–but had to be “brought back from the dead” after the operation.

Jessica Manning, 29, was born with heart disease and half a heart and had to have open heart surgery at just five days old. Aged 18, she had surgery to fix a hole in her aorta but then started to suffer from palpitations and her lungs collapsed, leaving her so weak she couldn’t tie her own shoelaces.

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