
Here in the UK we have an annual award called the Pride of Britain. It honours the unspoken heroes of Britain.
I watched it on TV last night, there were tears as always with these type of things. But there was one remarkable woman that stood out for me.
Dr Allison John was born with cystic fibrosis. Her liver failed when she was 14, it was two years before a donor was found. By 18, her lungs and heart had to be transplanted, donating her own heart in the process. She vowed to repay the medical world, so decided to train to be a doctor and went to medical school. But then in 2005 she had kidney failure. Her dad was a match, so she had a live kidney - making medical history by becoming the first person in Britain to have all major organs transplanted. She still went back to medical school, and after and qualified as a doctor this year.
She received a "special recognition" award and now works a junior doctor at Nevill Hall Hospital in Aberganny, Wales
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