It's been a long 2 weeks and so many things have happened during this time. I am over the respiratory infection, which is a good thing. After being in the hospital for 200 days, my parents had a family meeting with the medical staff to discuss my progress and long term treatment plan. Unfortunately, over my little lifetime of struggling with my breathing problems, my little heart has been working so hard to keep me oxygenated. As the doctors put it, "it's a race between my heart and lungs. Either my lungs have to get better before my heart gives out." I have developed what is called right ventricular hypertrophy (a thickening of the heart muscle). This was pretty devastating to hear, but we have not given up praying. The doctors say that my condition is moderately severe and their prognosis is not very promising. They are doing everything that they know about to help give my heart a break, but they cannot promise anything. The nurse told my Mom to cross her fingers, but my Mom told her to uncross her fingers and put her hands together and PRAY! So that's what we are doing and that's what we are asking all of you to do for us.