I had never heard about myocarditis and I had had no idea that this disease exists until 05/2014. I felt good even in the afternoon. However, in the evening I had started to feel really exhausted. In the middle of the night, fever over 39 ºC (102 ºF) and joint pain had appeared. The other day I had suddenly a chest pain. My paediatrician examined me and for sure send me to ENT physician who prescribed me antibiotics, because my CRP was increased, but the general picture of my state of health was quite unclear. The next morning, an unbearable chest pain had woken me up. It did not stop in any position. My mum had called me an ambulance. In children emergency, they had said us after two hours that I had a higher level of troponin and that they had a suspect of acute myocarditis. The transport in cardiology for other examination and X-ray followed and then I had been placed in bed and connected to a monitor. Even in that time I thought that I would be able to be at school for my math test the other day…

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