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Girl, 14, has dissolvable heart implant the size of 10p coin fitted in UK first
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She said: “I’m really happy it’s all done now, and it’s amazing to know I was the first person in the UK to have this new type of implant. Doctors initially said they would fit Lillie with an implant within two years, but her mother pushed for it to be sooner so the operation did not interrupt her GCSEs.
“I knew what it meant when it said that her heart was enlarged, and I knew how serious it can be,” Ms Nicholls told PA. He said with a traditional metal device, tissue would start lining the implant, while Memosorb acts as a “scaffold”.
“Sometimes you can leave an appointment feeling like someone is simply doing their job, but every member of the interventional cardiology team and nurses on ward 1C who cared for Lillie made us feel that they genuinely wanted the very best for her and for our family,” she said.
Lillie’s mother Becci Nichols, 38, said her daughter is “healing perfectly” and has since ran a 5k, visited a theme park and has returned to playing rugby. Ms Nichols said Dr Jivanji and his team “went above and beyond” to allow Lillie to “continue with her normal life”.
Ms Nichols said she was not too worried, as her own mother had discovered she had ASD when she was in her 40s. However, he said his patient was “determined” to continue with the sport.
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- Lillie’s mother Becci Nichols, 38, said her daughter is “healing perfectly” and has since ran a 5k, visited a theme park and has returned to playing rugby.
- He said with a traditional metal device, tissue would start lining the implant, while Memosorb acts as a “scaffold”.
- However, he said his patient was “determined” to continue with the sport.
- She said: “I’m really happy it’s all done now, and it’s amazing to know I was the first person in the UK to have this new type of implant.
- Ms Nichols said she was not too worried, as her own mother had discovered she had ASD when she was in her 40s.
- “I knew what it meant when it said that her heart was enlarged, and I knew how serious it can be,” Ms Nicholls told PA.
- Doctors initially said they would fit Lillie with an implant within two years, but her mother pushed for it to be sooner so the operation did not interrupt her GCSEs.
- Ms Nichols said Dr Jivanji and his team “went above and beyond” to allow Lillie to “continue with her normal life”.
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- The Independent — source text fetched for this pass link