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Rest and sleep. i would sleep mostly like with my knees on the floor leaning over the bed. because it was too uncomfortable to lie flat because i would cough too much because my heart was not good at all. reporter: she watched the 2008 kentucky derby from her hospital bed waiting for a heart transpl transplant. it took seven months in which her doctors didn t think she would survive. it was a poor quality of life that i was living, and i wanted to stop what i was doing to my family and either, you know, have a chance of living a good life or, you know, just stopp g stopping. reporter: she left the hospital seven days after her transplant and returned to work six months later. she says while she is extra careful around the dirty barn and unpredictable horses, her only real alteration is taking some 30 pills a day. i am surprised. i m surprised that i can do everything, you know. i really have a normal life. reporter: a life she hopes others with her condition can ....

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