Life with a Pacemaker

Even though I have a pacemaker, I stay active. I play tennis, and I LOVE to swim. I go swimming a lot in the summer. I also want to be in the Drama Club next year. I stay very busy.

We have trees on the side of our house, and we also have some near a lake where we live. I love to climb them! I have gotten a lot of cuts before, but it doesn't slow me down.

Most of the time I don't even notice or remember I have a pacemaker. I move a lot, so I am always making new friends who don't know I have a pacemaker. One day in the fourth grade, I told my friend Ashlyn that I had a pacemaker, and about 10-20 people came up to me and asked if I seriously had a pacemaker. They thought it was so cool. A lot of times I am popular for a while when people first find out. Some of the boys don't care though. It is pretty funny.

I think I am like any other pre-teen. I enjoy hanging out with my friends, listening to music, and going to the movies. I go to the beach a lot with my friend, Morgan, and I love it there.

My doctor says the pacemaker is about the size of a Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookie (which I love--yummy, my mouth is watering just thinking about it). Sometimes I am surprised that something so small can last so long.