Anna Ferguson

So essentially your heart muscle is going to

struggled to function the same way that it has.

And it takes a really, really, really long time for it to kind of adjust to this new way of functioning.

So I was on medication to lower my heart rate.

And also I think just it took a long time to build up my

fitness in a new way so that I could exercise without it becoming overwhelming.

But even still, like when I would do sports, a lot of the time my heart rate would spike and I'd just try and push through it.

So I wasn't overly cautious as a kid on the real ramifications that could have happened.

I mean, it was immediate, right?

I went from being, you know, I loved being the centre of attention.

I would make friends with anyone that I came across.

I would, I just loved life.

I was a very energetic, very curious kid.

When I had the accident, I became extremely volatile emotionally.

I would cry almost immediately at anything and I hated that.

I thought it was a sign of weakness and I just was so angry at myself for not being in control of things.

I also was extremely...

rigid with myself.

Hey, don't show that this has impacted you.

Pull up your socks, keep going.