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| Rebecca Henderson: Transplant hope for rucksack heart woman | Rebecca Henderson: Transplant hope for rucksack heart woman |
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| A woman who carries an artificial heart in a rucksack after her own organ was removed because of cancer has been added to the transplant list. | A woman who carries an artificial heart in a rucksack after her own organ was removed because of cancer has been added to the transplant list. |
| Rebecca Henderson, 24, has been given the green light to receive a donor heart after scans showed she has been clear of cancer for a year. | Rebecca Henderson, 24, has been given the green light to receive a donor heart after scans showed she has been clear of cancer for a year. |
| The Oxford University post-graduate student is on the "urgent" list and could get a new heart in weeks. | The Oxford University post-graduate student is on the "urgent" list and could get a new heart in weeks. |
| "At no point did it ever occur to me to give up," she told the BBC. | |
| "No matter how hard it is for me, even if it is hard for me, it will then be easier for the next person. | |
| "I had my sister's wedding and I had to get to that, I have other friends' weddings, I've got my mum, my dad, and I'm not going to be outlived by the dog." | |
| Ms Henderson is one of two people in the UK with an artificial heart. | Ms Henderson is one of two people in the UK with an artificial heart. |
| In October she returned to study at Oxford - along with her parents, who are on standby in case the 7kg machine stops and the batteries need changing. | In October she returned to study at Oxford - along with her parents, who are on standby in case the 7kg machine stops and the batteries need changing. |
| Ms Henderson said: "If anything goes wrong with the machine, they are the ones who can do the changeover in four minutes and save my life." | |
| Heart surgeon Stephen Westaby said Ms Henderson "must be the most courageous young woman". | Heart surgeon Stephen Westaby said Ms Henderson "must be the most courageous young woman". |
| He congratulated her on the news there had been no sign the cancer had spread. | He congratulated her on the news there had been no sign the cancer had spread. |
| "Miniscule numbers of people" ever had cancer in the heart, he said, and it was the "most fearful condition". | "Miniscule numbers of people" ever had cancer in the heart, he said, and it was the "most fearful condition". |