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If I Ever Get Out of This Place|Helen O'Toole

If I Ever Get Out of This Place : A Teen's Story of Refusing to Quit

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If I Ever Get Out of This Place is Helen's memoir about her teenage years navigating a chronic illness and high school. Helen got sick when she was eleven, and the only treatment at the time was a medical device implanted in her brain. But it kept failing. By sixteen, Helen had been through twenty brain surgeries.

Worse than the brain surgery, was that they shaved Helen's hair for each operation. She hid under wigs and beanies, but the bullies at school always knew.

Helen promised herself if she ever got out, she would live her life fully.

Then her doctors offered her something new - a procedure with no device For the first time in a long time, Helen felt there was real hope for the road ahead. The operation was new, so it was a risk - but it could be her last surgery.

Helen said YES and was one of the first people in the world to have the operation. It changed her life.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781764276139
  • ISBN-10: 1764276132
  • Publisher: Power Writers Publishing Group
  • Publish Date: June 2026
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.48 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.64 pounds
  • Page Count: 212

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