The fitness aficionado was just 18 years old when she suffered a mini stroke and heart attack, culminating in a heart transplant when she was 19. And now at the age of 30, she is one of just two people in Ireland to have had two successful heart transplants. And then things got worse.”The first inklings of Aoife’s ill health came when she was in fifth year. “I was training five days a week and my cardiologist said I was the poster child for heart transplants.”FailingNine years on from her first heart transplant, Aoife was dealt a devastating blow when she was told that her new heart was failing. She went on the heart transplant waiting list 16 days before being called for her transplant.

Source: Irish Independent October 30, 2019 07:30 UTC