Kamloops teen shares life-saving heart transplant story
KAMLOOPS — Abby Farnsworth has been courageous since the very day she was born.
“Even though I went through it as a baby, I feel pretty normal because I kind of grew up with it,” says Abby.
This 14 year old was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, a complex and rare congenital heart defect preventing the left side of the heart from effectively pumping blood to the body. At just five weeks old, Abby struggled to gain weight and develop as a healthy baby should. She was airlifted to BC Children’s Hospital, underwent two heart surgeries as a newborn, and another before she turned three.