Me

            My name is Peyton Smith. I'm 17. I live with my grandparents and my mother. My grandfather James is one of the only real father figure in my life. Though we may fight I know we both love love each other very much. My grandmother Susie is like another mom to me. My mummy is amazing. I have three older sisters. Brittinee, from my mom's side, who is married to yet another James, and they have a little boy Eli who is about 23 months old. Then there's my twin sisters Heather and Keisha from my dad's side. They both have kids. Keisha has Maya and is expecting a lovely boy and Heather has Tori.  I don't have a relationship with my dad, he left before I was born but non the less I would like too meet him. Heather lives closest to me and has heard from him and maybe i'll be able to meet him. (Here's hoping)
            I started this blog because I have to have, another, heart surgery. I had my first open heart in '09, when I was 12, so I've been through this before but this time is different. Last time was because of a heart murmur, which I was born with. They doctors told my mom I'd grow out of it and not to worry about it but i got a second murmur which was worse. I went for a normal doctor visit because my joints were acting up, which when we checked out later found out there wasn't much to do it was mainly growing pains and my hips are backwards which is just lovely, and the doctor was listening to my heart and jumped back saying "She has a heart murmur..." Mother "Yes, she was born with it." Doctor "No, I mean she has a heart murmur." (Every time I think back to it I always here it in old timey voices like "Why noooooo dear she was born with it. And there ain't problem that's what the doctor said when I birthed " but that's just me.) So this was a second murmur that I had gained which needed to be dealt with.
            Ever since that I've had to take blood pressure pills. (Every night, over and over and over) It's just one pill but to remember to take a pill every night is pretty hard when you're trying to be a normal teenage girl. I've had 6 month visits and it was going great but then my doctor said I'd have to have another surgery before I graduated high school. I just found out at my last visit that I was gonna positively have it this summer. (I'm kinda glad I'm having it now so I don't have to deal with it in college but it's still scary.) I'll be having a valve replacement. At the same hospital I had my last surgery at so I'll kinda know the place but then again they did add a wing so I'll be with kids my age in stead of the younger ones.
           I decided to start this blog so I can get though the days in tell the surgery. From now on I'm gonna make it a point to post something every day. Be it good or bad. Words or pictures.