Jen Evans' daughter was born with a congenital condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
A mum of a teenager whose life was saved by open heart surgery plans to run the London Marathon.
Jen Evans, 37, said her daughter - now 13 - has had five operations on her heart - one of which led to a stroke when she was just four years old.Mrs Evans, from Nottingham, now plans to run the marathon to raise money for the British Heart Foundation. She said she and her husband Phil had first been told there was something wrong with their daughter's heart during a 20-week screening scan.Mrs Evans, who works at a primary school, said: "We hadn't really heard of heart related issues in children before, so were in a bit of a daze.
"While we were in shock, the good news was that there were things that could be done to help her, mainly a surgery called the Fontan Procedure which would involve three surgeries over five years."Surgeons tried to insert a balloon into her aortic valve to help widen it.When she was nine days old, specialists determined that she should begin the first step of the Fontan Procedure to try build her a new, larger aorta.
Karen McDonnell, senior events manager at BHF, said: "We never fail to be inspired by the incredible stories of our supporters, and Jen is no exception."
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