KUALA LUMPUR: Heart transplant mother Tan Geek Koon is looking forward to leading a normal life soon and taking care of her four girls, including a 16-month old toddler who has been living with a babysitter since birth.
“I hope to get well soon and resume a normal life.
“It was like a dream,” said Tan after spending more than a year at the National Heart Institute with a mechanical heart to assist her until she received a heart transplant recently.
On the road to full recovery: Tan is still warded at the heart institute’s ICU and she keeps herself busy exercising and on Facebook. “I am excited,” she said.
At present, Tan can only speak to her daughters Yun Jie, eight, Yun Han, six, and Yun Tong, four, over the phone but is not allowed to see them.
The children, she said, were excited that they would no longer have to help her change the battery of the mechanical heart device.
Tan’s heart had failed when she gave birth to her youngest daughter Yin Wen. The baby is being cared for by a babysitter while Tan was warded at the heart institute.
While her husband S.L. Foo is working, neighbours have had to take turns to send the girls to school and buy groceries for their domestic helper to cook.
“I am very thankful to have good neighbours,” said Tan, who is still at the institute’s intensive care unit (ICU).
Tan’s new heart came from a 17-year-old male donor and was transported from Hospital Ipoh.
Consultant cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Ezani Md Taib said Tan was doing well but doctors wanted to ensure that she was cleared of the infections she had developed prior to the procedure.
“She is eating and exercising well. She is also busy with her Facebook,” he said.
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