im 13. i have it rare. im a girl that was bron with it and was diagnosed with it the day after i was born. even though most painets are males and most werent born with it and if they were born with it they dont get diagnosed or even showing symptons until their 40-60 years old. im not like depressed or anything i actually love my life but during gym when kids are running laps and i sit and wait with gym teacher i wonder why, why me? because its like what are the odds.. 1 out 100 just to be born with it and then being a girl and having it my hole life.

Im always told you cant do this you cant do that. i had an angio plasty and a cathrater and everything. I have a mild case of it but i think its eh now. ive been losing my breath alot lately. ever since i started running this year. yeah i know running with a heart condition seems pretty stupid but i feel like no understands what its like not to be able to do something.

i feel like a penguin a flock of eagles everyone can fly and when i try i crash and burn. I love playing sports but i cant really. i play outside all the time but i have never been on a school sports team. and play basketball, track, lacross, softball and socccer is alright. i could have been better at soccer but i was forced to stop at 7. so because i dont play school sports a play cyo but come the time when theres a brack from it all i have nothing. so i take school very seriously because im not getting into college on an athletic scholorship. but im in a shulp of AP’s which is nice but mainly cause i have so much extra time after school to study cause i dont play sports. but on the plus side i have a great family, friends, and neighbors.

my neighbors are my life. we play backyard sports alot and they dont treat me any different. in school im the last on picked cause they think if a walk 4 steps id die but with my neighbors im usally the 1,2,3 picked out of 12 of us. what can i say ud be suprised what a penguin can do, who needs flying when your the onlty one that can swim. =] if you have a kid with aota stenosis [aortic stenosis] tell them that. tell them it’s easy to soar in the sky like an egal but not to easy to glide in rocky waves like a penguin.