The Journey of a Broken Heart

Chapter 12: LAURA

I decided to go to the hospital in the evening and so I called George one of my friends from the neighborhood. He and his family has known us as long as I can remember and George and I were best friends until middle school because after that we were home schooled. This is how the call went:

Me: Hey, George! How are you?

Him: I am great what about you? And is everything okay with Lynn

Me: Actually this why I called you,

And then I explained him the whole thing about Lynn and how I am having pains in my chest. He said that he is free in the evening and that we can go to the hospital to get me checked. Because I don't want to have my parents panicked I told them that George and I are going to meet some of our old friends, but I promised to myself that I will tell them my reports truthfully.

At around five, he came in his Ford Fiesta (his dad's) and he took me to the hospital. After telling the receptionist what my problem is she sent me to a cardiologist. I didn't need an appointment because we are at the emergency ward.

The cardiologist, after listening to what I told her about the pain that goes and comes and after answering a series of her questions and her listening to my heart beat, she sent me to take a CT scan. Obviously I was terrified. I went inside the big white room while George sat outside. They had me lie on a big metal tray like thing and they inserted me in the machine. After a couple of blinding lights I was sent with my X-rays to the same cardiologist (Dr. Tyure).

She looked at my results and after running some scans and test she told me something that I was not ready for:

"Laura, umm...I don't know how to break this but you umm have Atrial Septal Defect," she said and then paused to let this news sink in.

In other ways I have a hole in my heart and it laid dormant for years but now it is interrupted my blood-flow. I was surprised how by now she hasn't asked for my parents but she didn't and I am thank full. She explained that these defects happen when we are devoloping as babies and are present during birth. If there is a problem during this process. Than a hole can form in the ventrical spectrum.

In other words she is just telling me that it is not only Lynn who is dying it's me as well.

Sorry for playing with your emotions in this chapter ;)