Personal Narrative-Coarctation Of The Aorta

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So, it seems like you will get to know the story about how I became myself. I was born in Garden City, Ks in August 22, 1996. Garden City is a small town at first, but now the town has been expanding throughout the year and from what I think of it, it’s not really that bad that it is getting some new stores and restaurants.
When I was the age of two my parents were starting to notice that there was something off about me. So they took me the hospital to get me check out. They ran some test on me and they figured out what was wrong with me. The found my aorta was narrowed and blood flow was not going through as it would when it’s wide open. This is called Coarctation of the Aorta, this could happen to anyone at a young age even older people will possibly get it. Coarctation of the Aorta is when the Aorta is narrowed and blood flow will force its way through it. Anyways, when this happened to me they told
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She was a great friend to have because my brother and I would hang out with her every day. After a couple of days later we met her grandfather and he wasn’t always happy plus he smoked and drank everyday which was weird and it was also disgusting. He would get mad at Melissa just for her hanging out with either me or my brother, because her mother will always be working and she doesn’t have anyone else to take of her. After a couple months later I have learned that her mother sister was also living with her grandparents and it shocked me because apparently she had been there since we met. Christina was her name and she was a cool person to be around with she took care of my brother and I when my father did not come home yet and my mother had to leave for work. Christina was a fun person and I wish towards this day I could see her again because she is just amazing. She knows how to have fun and she is really great with

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