Lessies Miracle Story

When I was born I was born with a large hole in my heart and an Interupted Aortic Arch. The doctor found out about it about a couple days after I was born.

I have had 2 surgeries, the 1st surgery I had was when I was a week old, it was to fix my arch, they went in through the side of me. They took out my subclavion artery and used some kind of patch material to fix it. And then they put a band around my pulomanory artery.

I did fairly well after the 1st surgery besides having trouble gaining weight. The next surgery I had when I was almost a year old, like right before my 1st bday. I was 18 pounds. It was an open heart surgery, patched the hole and took the band off my pulmanory artery. Next morning after the surgery for no reason at all my heart go t super weak and when it would beat it would just beat super weekly, and I spent the next month in ICU unit, and for no reason at all my heart got better. They did not know how it got weak nor how it got better, they call it a miracle.

After all that I had to go to the cardio doc every year for a check up, then every other year then every 3 years, then they finally said I was fine so I didnt have to come back. My last visit was when I was 13 I think. I have never had to take medication, I feel totalIy fine. The only thing is the cardio doc told me from the get go that I wasnt allowed to ever play football due to the wire in my chest (I didnt find that a big deal because Im not really interested in football at all.)

I think I have 11 scars on my body from my surgeries, the 2 biggest ones would be one down my chest and the other right below my left shoulder blade from when they took the artery out. Basically, I wouldnt even know I had a problem if it wasnt for the scars on me and my mom telling me.

Now I am 17 years old, I am a senior in high school, about to graduate soon, then plan to go to college in the fall. I love to swim and I love photography. As for physically I do swimming, karate, I like to do flips on the trampoline, I go walking often, ride my bike, roller skate, frisebee, etc. Never any trouble walking, running, breathing, or anything. Mentally I am good, I do everything on my own, Ive always made all As or Bs in school, I dont have any dicipline problems. Im social, I have 2 bestfriends. Generally I am a pretty happy and upbeat person despite hormone teenager stuff, the things we all go through.