Aortic Stenosis

[livingwith]

I don’t fully understand what was wrong with me or what the doctors exactly did, but I sure am thankful for Arkansas Children’s Hospital. When I was born, they told my parents that I had Aortic Stenosis and a hole in my heart. They performed surgery on me at the age of 4 days old. What ever they did it apparently worked because I am going on to being 17 years old and living my life to the fullest. They said that there would be a high possibility that I would need another surgery arou...Read the full article

[dandrade]

Congratulations! I also know of a young lady around your age who was born with a hole in her heart and a valve problem (don't know exactly which valve). Her mother recently told me she totally outgrew both. She's perfectly fine now at 16!