“It was good to have people around that would make you not even think that you’re about to go through something that you’re not prepared for…I was in good hands…and then I woke up and everything was different.” After giving birth to her first child, Deborah faced a life-threatening challenge: heart failure. Investigations revealed her heart was severely damaged by rheumatic fever from her childhood, requiring urgent surgery to replace two leaking heart valves. With her heart initially too weak for surgery, she underwent months of treatment to prepare, losing 18kg of fluid in the process. What followed was a remarkable story of hope, faith, and healing through a world-class cardiac surgery performed at Duchess International Hospital. In her own words, Deborah shares how a complex surgery changed her life and how the compassionate team at Duchess became the right people, in the right place, at the right time. Today, she has been fully restored to health. Her swollen legs and chronic...