[Intro — spoken]

Sophia was the youngest teacher in her school...

She used to run 5Ks on the weekend...

Now she couldn't make it up one flight of stairs without stopping...

Her doctors had been calling it anxiety for two years...

[Verse 1]

Sophia ran a classroom with energy to spare,

Thirty-four years old — vibrant — always there,

But something started changing — two years slow and creeping,

Breathless on the stairs — heart pounding — barely sleeping.

Three doctors said it's anxiety — here's a pill,

Sophia knew her body — something felt more still,

Fainting spells with effort — twice in one month's span,

Legs starting to swell — Sophia made a plan.

[Pre-Chorus]

Cardiologist finally listened — echo on the screen,

Pressures in the right side — higher than they'd seen,

Right heart working overtime — pumping against a wall,

Vessels in the lungs had thickened — squeezing through it all.

[Chorus]

Sophia's lung vessels are tightening — pressure growing high,

Right heart pushing harder — asking it to try,

Not the left side failing — pressure on the right,

Sophia's lung vessels are tightening — every day a fight.

[Verse 2]

Specialized test confirmed it — catheter through the vein,

Measured every pressure — mapped the full terrain,

Resistance in the lung vessels — far above the norm,

Sophia had a rare condition — not the common form.

Autoimmune panel — connective tissue checked,

Some patients have a reason — others just reflect,

Sophia's was primary — no cause found at all,

Just the vessels narrowing — answering their call.

[Bridge]

Medications opened up the lung vessels wide,

Multiple pathways targeted — working from inside,

Prostacyclin through a pump — attached beneath the skin,

Endothelin blocker — phosphodiesterase — let the blood rush in.

Exercise improved — slowly — carefully — with care,

Transplant on the table — if the drugs don't get her there,

Sophia back in her classroom — shorter days for now,

Sophia fighting every breath — keeping every vow.

[Outro]

Sophia teaches mornings — rests her afternoons,

Pump beside her all day long — medication tunes,

Specialist every three months — pressures being checked,

Sophia's vessels tighter — but Sophia isn't wrecked.

“Sophia’s Story”