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Archive Home > 2003 > March > 23 > A youngster's show of heart

A youngster's show of heart

Young skier with serious disease is beating the odds

By Rebecca Merritt / The Bulletin
March 23, 2003

Eight-year-old Jesper Hilts was not supposed to ski again, his doctors told his family three years ago.

The doctors had discovered Jesper has no left pulmonary artery to carry blood from the heart to the lungs, causing a dangerous amount of pressure on his right lung. He was diagnosed with....

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