AFTER more than a year in hospital waiting for a transplant, little Amelia Bolter can't remember living anywhere else.
The girl's parents are holding out hope that 2024 will be the year a donor heart becomes available so they can finally take her home.
Amelia, who is three on January 3, was 17 months when her mum Jodie Woolford took her to the GP for a suspected ear infection.
She was later diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia, which causes episodes of abnormally fast heart rates. She has survived with the help of a "Berlin heart" at the help of a "Berlin heart" at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London since October 2022.
Jodie said: "Amelia doesn't remember home. We have shown her pictures but she thinks this is her home. Next Christmas we would love to be at home baking, watching Christmas films, going to see Santa and making memories.
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