"Nicole was never diagnosed with anything as a child. She always looked fine. She was 7 years old when she had her first surgery. . . She was running at school and she passed out and fell right on her face. . . They did an angiogram and saw that she was missing her left coronary artery. For seven years the left side of her heart hadn't been getting any blood to it at all. I've got pictures, it's really amazing. . . They did surgery almost instantly.
"She's made the medical books a couple of times. This is where we are today. They do not give me any future prognosis at all. They're very safe. I don't think they know. They can guess, but. . . they're just doctors."
- phyllis, mother.