Hypertrophiccardiomyopathy Stories

Published in full October 31 Just wanted to try a new cover. I have been working on a lot for this book. "When I die I don't want to be forgotten. I want to leave a mark on your heart. A mark on the world. I want to be remembered." Tori has Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM). Having the heart disease her whole life, making every day a hard one, has gotten worse as she got older. Now at 18, she has just been confirmed that she is dying from HCM because the walls in her heart are increasingly thick. Way thicker than they should be. With only months left in her life, she has lost all hope and has gotten depressed. That was until she met Jared, the new guy on the block. Throughout their forming relationship, Jared restores her hope and her depression subsides. But as her condition gets worst, their relationship is on the lines and Jared learns that the lasting moments they have together are the ones they have to cherish most of all. Dedicated In Loving Memory Of Ben Breedlove (1993-2011) and Caleb Logan Braytayley who passed away early in October 2015 from an undiagnosis for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

She never got to tell him. He broke it off before she could even start to explain, before she could even try and share. Said he met someone knew, said she'd always be in his heart, that he'll always love her, but that she wasn't his anymore. But he gave her one day. One day where, no matter what, he would show up. Where he would be there for her, where he would do whatever she needed. He swore it, that day, and she believed him. But that's the thing; should she have? ---------------------- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a disease in which a portion of the myocardium (heart muscle) is enlarged without any obvious cause, creating functional impairment of the heart. ((google))

How long can you keep a secret before it consumes you? How long can you love someone when you know it will end in pain? Todoroki Izumi is full of secrets. Some hidden in smiles, others in the way her heart stutters without warning. Tokuno Yūshi survived death once, but living means loving her in stolen moments, always braced for loss. They meet in the calm before the storm: soft glances, quiet promises, a love grown in the shadow of time. But secrets fester. Truths erupt. And when cruelty masquerades as justice, their bond is tested not by distance, but by how little time they have left. And when the world finally breaks. Who stays in the wreckage? Who walks away? And who is left behind, stitching their soul back together with memories, learning to breathe again... even when half their heart is gone?