Heart patient to Ironman in just 16 months

An Ayrshire man has gone heart surgery to triathlon in just 16 Norrie Hunter, completed his Ironman race after being by book about Heart patient to cancer patient who took sport. He read story while recovering heart surgery at Jubilee National Hospital in and started training six later. The 36-year-old found he may have had congenital heart condition while to his unwell mother. Hunter said: "My mum on her deathbed and said believed there history of heart in family and wanted me to get out, seasoned marathon.

Every year up to 600 babies in Ireland are born with a congenital heart defect. The condition can be genetic or due to a viral infection during pregnancy, but quite often it isn't clear why it occurs. Every year up to 600 babies in Ireland are born with a congenital heart defect. The condition can be genetic or due to a viral infection during pregnancy, but quite often it isn't clear why it occurs. 'The only way forward for me now is to get a new heart' - Woman (27) with two heart defects in need of transplant This was the case for Nicole congenital bicuspid aortic valve Slattery, who was born with not one but two heart defects and says her early life was hugely affected by being unable to take part in normal childhood activities. "When I was born I was what is known as a blue baby as I had two heart defects," says the Limerick woman. "These days there is a 95pc survival rate for babies with conditions like mine but it was lower back then so I was lucky to have undergone a successful operation at six weeks and then further surgery at six years of age, another when I was 10 and a further one aged 11.

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