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2 days ago · It’s Sunday July 30 2017 and nine-year-old Keira Ball is on her way to parkour with her mum and brother when two tonnes of truck collide with their car. Despite roadside CPR and surgery to stem ...
3 days ago · Rachel Clarke. The first of our organs to form, the last to die, the heart is both a simple pump and the symbol of all that makes us human: as long as it continues to beat, we hope. One summer day, nine-year-old Keira suffered catastrophic injuries in a car accident. Though her brain and the rest of her body began to shut down, her heart ...
2 days ago · Rachel Clarke tells the story of Keira’s heart, which beats on today in Max’s body. It is, of course, a tragic story. A beautiful, vivacious, perfectly healthy and adored daughter and sister is in the wrong place—a known accident black spot—at the wrong time. Fatally wounded and likely brain dead, she is transported by road to a nearby ...
3 days ago · NHS palliative care doctor Dr Rachel Clarke joined the Chris Evans Breakfast Show to talk about the moving and inspiring true story detailed in her new book. With The Story of a Heart coming out today, the Sunday Times bestselling author told Chris: “The moment I heard about these two families, these two children, I knew that I was learning the most amazing story I'd ever hear.”
6 days ago · By Marianne Levy. August 31, 2024 6:00 am (Updated 6:02 am) When Keira was involved in a catastrophic car accident aged nine, her brain was left dead. But after the heroic post-crash CPR of a ...
3 days ago · With tremendous compassion and clarity, Dr Rachel Clarke relates the urgent journey of Keira's heart and explores the history of the remarkable medical innovations that made it possible, stretching back over a century and involving the knowledge and dedication not just of surgeons but of countless physicians, immunologists, nurses and scientists.The Story of a Heart is a testament to ...
4 days ago · With tremendous compassion and clarity, Dr Rachel Clarke relates the urgent journey of Keira's heart and explores the history of the remarkable medical innovations that made it possible, stretching back over a century and involving the knowledge and dedication not just of surgeons but of countless physicians, immunologists, nurses and scientists.The Story of a Heart is a testament to ...
