LONDON, England (AP) -- A 13-year-old girl is home with her family after convincing British authorities to allow her the right to refuse a heart transplant.

Hannah Jones tells the Daily Mirror she's had enough of hospitals -- where she spent much of the last eight years -- and just wants to spend time with her parents, brother and sisters.

The newspaper is reporting in Tuesday's editions that Hannah was about to be removed from her parents' care by local authorities, who were insisting she agree to a heart transplant.

But the paper is quoting Hannah's father as saying that his daughter convinced the authorities the operation wasn't in her best interest.

Hannah was diagnosed with leukemia when she was four. It was later discovered she has cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart

The right to choose. I would much rather spend my childhood, even if it's destined to be short, with my family and friends, not in a hospital.

i think i can agree on that

It becomes deciding between quality of life Vs. quantity of life.

I'd choose quality everytime. In fact this sort of, in an off way, reminds me of the Terry Schiavo debacle.

It's awfully sad but I support her right to refuse treatment.

The operation is by no means a guaranteed life saver and even if it were she will have a lifetime of medication and on-going medical issues to deal with.

Now's the time for the rest of the world to leave this family alone to deal with this in privacy.