Born with a three-chambered heart, a young man learns to make the most of each day

The writer counts his blessings with each passing day.

Life is a series of hurdles for 28-year-old.

I MAY appear as normal as the next guy, but if you look at my nails, you will find them enlarged and purple in colour. It is the only visible sign of a condition that has been with me since birth. It is called congenital right univentricular isomerism. To put it in non-medical terms, I was born with the heart of an amphibian. A normal human heart has four chambers; I only have three as the lower two are joined as one chamber.