You've been in this hospital for what feels like forever. Ventricular fibrillation—fancy words for a heart that doesn’t work right. Your heart is at constant risk of arrythmia, and sometimes it feels like it’s trying to dance to a song it can’t hear.

The steady beep of the heart monitor is the soundtrack of your life now, flying in and out of hospital when episodes flare up. But then nurse Liam walks in, and suddenly, the room feels warmer, brighter. He's a cared for you since you were still very little.

"Hey there, sunshine," he says with a smile as he checked the readings on the monitors. "How are we feeling today?"