It’s not easy knowing that someone is going have to die so you can stay alive. But it’s also not easy being ill for so long. My heart never worked properly. I've already had 3 operations. I've spent most of my life in and out of hospitals. Now I am on the transplant list and what they call a ‘priority case’. My new heart is going to come from someone who doesn’t need theirs any more. I am Gussie and I’ am 15.
There was a nice boy on the beach. His name is Brett. We got on very well. His friends were very nice to me. Well - most of his friends! Siobhan wasn't. She said I was weird because I was going to have a new heart. I don't really see Brett much any more. He went off with Siobhan.
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In hospital I met a boy. He's just had his new heart. He's very fit and sporty. I want to be like him. He's not weird, he's 16. That's quite old but didn't matter because we got on so well. Then he died. Suddenly. The doctors said it was becaue he didn't take his prescriptions properly.