Video: Girl, 4, could DIE if she gets upset

A girl with a rare condition that means she could die if she gets upset has appealed for strangers to keep her happy - by sending her BIRTHDAY CARDS

Isabell Tipper, four, suffers from life-threatening Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) that mean if she gets sad her heart becomes starved of oxygen. She had excessive fat and muscle around her pulmonary artery from birth that mean she goes “floppy” and her nose, lips, fingers and toenails turn blue.

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