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Soillse: Series 3: Episode 3: Cridhe Victoria (Victoria's Heart)

Cridhe Victoria (Victoria's Heart)

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Episode 3: Cridhe Victoria (Victoria's Heart)

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BBC ALBA - Soillse, Series 3, Cridhe Victoria (Victoria's Heart)

Nine-year old Victoria waits for a new heart.

Victoria was only a few days old when her parents were told that she had a serious heart disorder. Now nine, Victoria waits for a new heart.

Cha robh Bhictoria Larsson ach latha no dhà a dh'aois nuair a chaidh innse dha pàrantan gun robh droch thriobaid cridhe aice. Bha aca ri ullachadh luath a dhèanamh airson a baisteadh, oir cha robh fios dè cho fada 's a bhiodh i beò. Tha am prògram seo a' tòiseachadh san Dùbhlachd 2006. Bha Bhictoria 8 an uairsin; bha a bilean gorm ri linn dìth ogsaidein; bha giorrad analach oirre. Ged a bha a gaol-beatha na bu làidire na bha e a-riamh, cha b' urrainn dha Bhictoria a dhol dhan sgoil mar a
b' àbhaist. Cha robh càil ann a shàbhaileadh a beatha ach cridhe a dheigheadh a thoirt à leanabh eile. Bha mòran smuaintean aice mun bhàs, ach cuideachd mu na dh'fhaodadh i a dhèanamh nan deigheadh beatha ùr a bhuileachadh oirre.

Victoria Larsson was only a few days old when her parents were told that she had a serious heart disorder. They had to make rapid preparations for a christening, as no one knew how long she would live. This programme begins in December 2006. Victoria was then eight; her lips were blue due to lack of oxygen and she was short of breath. 

Although her love of life was stronger than ever, Victoria could no longer manage normal school days. Only a donated heart from another child could save her life. She had many thoughts about death, but about what she'd do if she were granted new life, too. One spring evening in 2007 what Victoria and her parents had long been hoping for happened: the phone rings - someone has donated a little beating heart to Victoria and it's time for Victoria to be admitted to the Queen Silvia Children's Hospital in Gothenburg.

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