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Name
  
Fiona Coote


Spouse
  
Ian Elliot (m. 1996–1999)

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Born
  
3 January 1970 (age 52), Australia

Horoscope
  
Capricorn

Nationality
  
Australian

Heart transplant by
  
Dr Victor Chang

Similar
  
Victor Chang, Erik Compton, David C Copley

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Fiona Coote became Australia's youngest, and most famous, heart transplant recipient when she underwent surgery at the age of 14 on 8 April 1984. While Coote was the fourth transplant recipient in Australia, she is only the second to survive for a significant period.

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Personal

Fiona Coote A heartwarming inspiring woman The Northern Daily Leader

Born on 3 January 1970 and growing up on a family farm, Galen, 8 km (5 mi) from Manilla in northern New South Wales, Coote attended a private Catholic school near Tamworth.

Fiona Coote Coote urges talking about it The Examiner
married in 1996.

Heart transplant

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The procedure was performed by notable Chinese-Australian cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr Victor Chang. The urgency was due to complications of viral-induced tonsilitis, that dramatically weakened her heart. The surgery was performed at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. When she later began rejecting the first heart, Coote was forced to endure a second transplant, which took place in 1986. She has enjoyed good health since.

Post transplant

Fiona Coote Fiona Coote St Vincents Curran Foundation

Much of Coote's life has been spent in the public eye and she has used her high profile in public service working for numerous charitable organisations including the Victor Chang Foundation and the Starlight Foundation. In 1999, Coote was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in recognition of her public awareness promotion of heart disease, and for her work raising funds for seriously and terminally ill children. Coote has also worked in promotions for Willow Valley, a cereal manufacturer, and Dairy Farmers.

Fiona Coote Fiona Coote celebrates life 30 years since her first heart transplant

As a result of her fame, Coote was approached to appear in the Australian soap, Neighbours. Despite beginning rehearsals, Coote ultimately decided acting was not for her. Channel Ten publicly blamed the back down on illness but Coote later attributed it to the associated pressure to participate in interviews and publicity for the show. Coote has made a number of television appearances, including appearing in a segment on Burke's Backyard.

2001 saw release of a rose named in honour of Coote. Called "Fiona's Wish", it is a hybrid tea (bush rose) and the bi-coloured blooms are cherry red, edged with gold reverse.

References

Fiona Coote Wikipedia