Daily Mail (blog) | Schoolgirl, 17, suffers heart failure after 'catching infection from her earrings' Daily Mail (blog) She then saw another doctor who sent her for a scan, which revealed she was in fact suffering heart failure and was just days from death. Jessica Smith from Camborne, Cornwall, while she was in intensive care. Jessica had open-heart surgery after she ... Camborne teen, 16, survives heart failure |