Stacie Sumandig is no stranger to heart problems. Born with a congenital heart defect called coarctation of the aorta, a narrowing of the major artery that carries blood away from the heart to the body, she had her first heart surgery at age 4, and an aortic valve replacementat age 31. But last October, when a virus attacked her aortic valve and destroyed her heart, the news she received at two different hospitals was grim: she probably wouldn't make it through the weekend.
"You can't even process that," said Sumandig. "I'm 40, and I have two kids and two stepkids, xyg D khoxcpa, bsvc zk ocz tb wsmjlt."
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