. >> when i was six years old i was diagnosed with a lung condition w called pulmonary hypertension.'ve been on an i.v. pump. >> the spirit of kids when they are hurting. there is frceness about living. it's upbeat. this is going to be good. we're going to be okay. >> you've had four open heart surgeries and he suffered a stroke. he is just bag kid trying to understand his disease and what his limitations are. >> my condition is known as half of a heart. i wasn't able to circulated blood through my lungs or to my body. >> he remembers feeling different. so for a period he was feeling because of his scar on his chest not being able to keep up with his classmates. >> he was not expected to live but now he is going off to a college to be an rn in pediatrics. it's amazing. because he did make it and he is you is of a mentor to those kids. >> it's an opportunity for growth and everyone to look up to you. it's an amazing growing experience for me. >> the things i love when these kids come to camp and they see older kids. they know they are going to survive. they know there is hope. it is n

called pulmonary hypertension. it cares blood from the heart to the lung.ve years she was able to manage it with medication but eventually her lungs became too weak. >> i was in the hospital. i still didn't think i needed the transplant until one night my doctor came in and he said, charity, you can't wait anymore. you're going to die if you don't get a transplant now. >> she was in the hospital, in recovery, and eventually made it back to the stage, sharing her voice with the world at lincoln center. ♪ >> i went on the stage and i sank, and it was everything that i malked. >> but the euphoria didn't last. >> i started to reject my lungs just a little less than two years ago. >> her doctors said finding a second lung donor would be even harder. fortunately charity got that second chance. >> i knew that there was no way that i got those lungs if they weren't going to make music that and music they made. charity is able to sing again. and on this day she's performin. it's her doctors and fellow transplant patients at the cleveland clinic. >> it's just such a