How My Heart Condition Has Changed My Life

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Experiences? How can some experiences influence a person’s life so drastically, while others do not leave a hint of dust? I myself have had one of those experiences that has changed my life, a heart condition. This condition has made me jump over various problems since I was born. From heart surgeries to activities I could not participate in, these obstacles has transformed me into someone who can take on numerous tasks without becoming stressed, I hope to continue to be that type of person in the future. My heart condition started the day I was born, July 8, 1998. Born at the Scottsdale Shea Hospital. The nurses and doctors examined me to make sure I was a healthy baby boy. However, they realized I had a leaky pulmonary heart valve that …show more content…

Playing outside, getting into cabinets around the house, and messing with our cats. At this point in my life I was still a little nervous about going to my cardiologist and the hospital, but at such a young age most kids are afraid of the doctor and hospital. Every appointment I went to in my early elementary school years I would become extremely nervous. Arriving at the waiting room I would wait with thoughts rushing through my head of what the doctor would say, whether or not I need a surgery or an MRI that coming year. For several years nothing had to be done. Until one day my cardiologist said I needed an open heart surgery. I was frightened to the thought of having to be put under. The surgeons cutting me open, cracking my ribs, and changing my old valve with a pork hind valve. My parents however would always comfort me telling me that, “to not think about it you will be under for the whole time and we will be there when you wake up.” After waking up from my surgery in the Phoenix Children’s Hospital I was relieved to find out the procedure went perfectly fine, ten years, the doctors said the heart valve would work until another discussion on surgery would occur. I was now aware that I could need another surgery in the future, but the next time I would not be as

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