It is said that fortune favors the brave and that is what happened in this miracle story about an 18 year old teenager known as Coral Pierpoint-Regan. Coral was born with a heart defect in which her heart lacked valves and chambers.

Coral’s mother Tracey, 45 was the first person not to give up on her new born baby. After the doctors informed her about the defect, she was told to take the baby home and let her die. But Tracey, who could not take a no for an answer, requested medical care for her daughter.

And what followed was, doctors consulting their colleagues from other medical facilities in the city and a surgery known as pulmonary banding, being performed on a 10 days old Coral.

Coral has undergone three more wrenching surgeries thereon. The last surgery she underwent in the year 2009 was a heart transplant at Great Ormond Street hospital that took nine hours to be completed; with Coral’s body reciprocating well to the surgery in the beginning.

Unluckily, though she suffered chest pains early this year and her body rejecting the new heart in the month of February. 

After a span of 6months, her body seems to have accepted the new heart. With her heart performing at a level of 39% against the 25% that is necessary, things surely seem sunny.

Coral is contemplating to study equestrian care at Easton College, Norwich. Coral’s mother Tracey has also gifted Coral a Ford car for her birthday.

Here’s a “Cheers!” to the brave 18 year old girl from Beachamwell in Norfolk.