16-year-old schoolgirl who survived seventeen heart operations (UK)

"Sarah Haselgrove is just 16, but she has already undergone a shocking seventeen heart operations. The teenager is the longest living youngster in Britain with so many complex cardiac problems. But despite spending more than half her life in hospital, she is just a year behind at school and will sit her GCSEs next year. The schoolgirl from Kent, was not expected to live a week and underwent five heart operations in her first year of life. She was in and out of hospital throughout primary school and has faced three major surgeries in the last six years. But Sarah has battled on to live a normal life, and even competes at carriage racing at Windsor Castle every year" - Mail