The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae

This was a well-written book that gave me an understanding of the subject of organ transplants. Ailsa Rae was born with a bad heart and she had surgeries to keep her alive. The time came when she had to have a new heart and just in time received one. The book helped me to understand what it is like to need a new organ and to receive a new organ. Ailsa had been so sick as a child that she missed out on so much. She had a best friend named Lennox, who was also sick and needed a transplant. He didn't get one in time so she had to face life without him. After receiving her new heart, she had to figure out living. She created a blog and let her viewers choose through polls on what she should do. Because of the meds and the steroids she needed to take, she gained weight and she worked to get her strength back and to get into shape, every single day. She realized how people could be so cruel, it hurt her but she was determined she wasn't going to give up.
This book has not only given me a better understanding but it also has made me think. As I write this review, I think, you don't just receive an organ and miraculously you are cured. This is something you have to take care of for the rest of your life by taking certain medications. Then she thought her life was saved because someone else died. I never realized all that someone goes through. The book guides you through the process of needing an organ and receiving an organ with dignity, realistically and compassion.
Thank you, Stephanie Butland for writing such a wonderful book. Your book has opened my eyes and heart because I knew I could check a box on my license and become an organ donor but other than that I knew nothing about it. I hope millions and millions of people read this book and think about not only becoming an , donor but what someone who receives one has to go through so that there will be more understanding and compassion and so much less cruelty.