In a Heartbeat
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13 year old Ashlynn lives in Los Vegas as an ordinary teenager with high hopes of becoming a singer. She quickly falls ill with heart failure and faces the obstacles and challenges of being a sick kid in the hospital with big dreams in life. Just to top off being sick she might loose a friendship with her best friend and parents who lost their jobs and almost don't have money to keep the household running all while Ashlynn is sick in the hospital... But even though Ashlynn is strong and confident will that be enough to save herself, her family and her dream in a hospital bed alone and isolated?
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