Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua eke ia ki te Taiepa Nui o Haina, kua eke kaipuke ki raro i tētahi o ngā awa roa rawa o Wīwī, ā, kua kanikani ia mō te neke atu i te tekau tau. A, i tēnei wā katoa, kāore a Karen MacLachlan i te mōhio he mate mate, he mate ngakau kāore i kitea i taea e ia te whakamate i a ia i ngā wā katoa. I whānau mai te tangata e whakaae ana ki te tino kaha o te tinana ki tētahi mate ngakau e whakamate ana i te 90 ōrau o ngā pēpi i mua i to rātau rā whānau tuatahi mēnā kāore i kitea. Ko te 25-tau-tau, no Glasgow, kaore ia i mohio kei a ia te mate whakamate - e kitea ana i te whanautanga - kia mutu ra ano tana ngakau. Te pupuhi wā: Kāore i te mōhio a Karen MacLachlan he mate ngakau mate, kāore i kitea, ka mate pea ia i ngā wā katoa. 'I taku hinganga, i whakaaro toku whaea kua taka ahau,' ka mea ia. 'I rongo noa ia i te tangi o te mate e puta mai ana i toku uma, ka karanga ia ki tētahi waka hohoro. 'I whakaaro ia kua mate ahau nā te mea kua huri taku kiri ki te tae pango mate i a au e takoto mate ana i runga i te papa.' I kawea a Ms. MacLachlan ki te hōhipera, ā, i whakanohoia ki roto i tētahi kōma ā-pūngao. He mea whakamiharo hoki, i muri i te pokanga ki te whakahohe i te pūhiko o tōna ngakau, kua tino ora ake ia. I kitea a Ms. MacLachlan he Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA). He mate ngakau onge tēnei e hē ana te hononga o te puku matua o te ngakau, e tuku hāora ana ki te tinana. I te nuinga o te wā, ka kitea te mate i te whānautanga, engari e 90 ōrau pea te tūponotanga ka mate te tūroro i te kore o te ngakau i te tau kotahi ki te kore e kitea. Ka mea a Ms MacLachlan: 'I te tuatahi, i whakapono nga taote kua mutu taku ngakau na te mate mate ohorere o te pakeke, ehara i te ALCAPA - he tino onge mo te tangata kia ora i muri i te kohungahunga ki a ia.' 'I miharo ngā tākuta i te roa o taku noho ki tēnei mate, ā, kāore anō kia pāngia e ahau he raruraru i mua.' He pono, i whakapehapeha tonu ia ki a ia ano mo te kaha me te hauora. 'I patai nga taote mehemea i uaua ahau ki te haere i runga i nga pukepuke, engari kua haere ahau i te Great Wall o Haina - he tino pai ahau, he kaha hoki,' ko tana korero. 'I kanikani ahau mō te 10 tau, i eke kaipuke ki tētahi o...
Kāore i te mōhio a Karen MacLachlan he mate mate ngakau mate kore tōna. I whānau mai ki tētahi mate ngakau e whakamate ana i te 90% o ngā pēpi i mua i te 1 mēnā kāore i kitea. I mohio noa ahau he he tetahi mea i te mea ohorere ka hinga ia. I whakaaturia e ngā whakamātautau he mate onge tana i te mea kāore i tika te hononga o te ngakau. Kua whakahaeretia ia ki te mahi whakatikatika, ā, kei te haere ia ki te whakaora.