The Story of Me - Vaishvi Parikh

I was born

Oct 27, 2010

I was born in Chicago. I was born with Aortic Stenosis, which is when someone's aortic valve is leaking blood when it is closed.

I had my first heart surgery

Jan 17, 2011

I had my first surgery in Chicago when I was 3 months old. In this surgery, they tried to fix my aortic valve.

My family and I moved to Erie

Aug 16, 2011

We used to live in an apartment in Chicago. Once we moved to Erie, we lived in Willowood.

I learned to walk

Nov 12, 2011

My parents and brother were very excited to see me take my first steps.

I learned to talk

Jun 21, 2012

My first word was Bhaiya, the word for brother in Gujarati. Gujarati is a language in India.

I went to India for the first time

Dec 18, 2013

I went to meet my cousins, and my grandparents.

I started Elementary school

Aug 29, 2016

I went to Grandview Elementary.

I had my second heart surgery

Aug 18, 2018

I had the surgery at the Boston Children's Hospital. In this surgery, called the Ross Procedure, they tried to replace my aortic valve with my pulmonary valve. They then used a donated valve for my pulmonary valve.

I got my 2 birds

Aug 25, 2018

The blue one is a girl named Sky and the green one is a boy named Buddy. Their breed is called Budgies. A average Budgie lives till 7 - 10 years. You can tell their gender by their nose, called a cere. A blue cere is a boy and a brown cere is a girl. When a Budgie is young, both genders have pink ceres.

I started Middle School

Aug 31, 2022

I was in 062. So far, I have had the same teams as my brother.

I started a dog daycare

Sep 15, 2043

I started a dog daycare with the help of my own dog, a Golden Retriever named Nala.