Adam Millar was 18 when he started to experience a cold that wouldn’t go away.
It was the middle of hockey season, so he brushed his symptoms off. After what seemed like two or three months of a cough and fatigue, his cold progressed. “I didn’t even have the energy to stand to brush my teeth,” he told USA TODAY.
Millar’s heart was in failure, he later found out. Heart failure — often caused by myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle — is a rare condition for teens and young adults. Millar was treated with the Impella, the world’s smallest heart pump that allowed his heart to rest and recover and is the ultimate reason for his survival.
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