I grew up the same way any other boy would; I went to the pool with friends; I played every sport possible; and I loved everything about myself. Then the questions started coming. “What is wrong with you? Why does your chest look so weird?” Whenever I had my shirt off I appeared to be a different person. At the pool I turned heads as I walked around, playing sports I shocked teammates when I changed my shirt, and eventually I even began to ask myself what was wrong with me. I learned that I have Pectus Excavatum which is a deformity of the chest. It shows a physical appearance of having a sunken in or hollowed chest and it leaves the person with a smaller lung capacity, a displaced heart, and insecurity over their body. Additionally, I
