Mia Scott is just 16-years-old and has had two major open heart surgeries, but won't let it define her.
The 16-year-old was born with a deformed pulmonary artery - a serious and potentially life-limiting condition - and a hole in her heart.
She has been in recovery since her operation at the Royal Hospital for Children on 16 January, but has not been able to stop thinking about getting back to the pitch. "I’ve mostly just forgot that I’ve had it and carried on - and I never wanted to blame it on anything.When Mia had her first surgery, she was given a donor conduit - a tube that enables blood to flow from the right ventricle to the pulmonary arteries.
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