Teen paints hope despite battle with rare disease
It's rare, incurable and life-threatening.
Those words hit Lauren Johnson , 16, hard when she read about pulmonary hypertension, the disease she's had since she was 3.
It causes high blood pressure in the pulmonary artery, making it hard to breathe, according to the Pulmonary Hypertension Association .
"I researched it one day, and it shocked me,” said Lauren, who lives in Oklahoma City . "It kind of mad...
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