A young boy named Imarion Griffini has overcome a severe heart condition that saw him confined to a wheelchair to become an academic scholar.
Imarion, a teen from St. Louis was diagnosed with Orthostatic Hypotension, a heart condition at the start of high school at at Cardinal Ritter. “I couldn’t walk. I couldn’t stand up without passing out. I lost 90 pounds,” he said.
“The final diagnosis was Orthostatic Hypotension. It’s when your blood pressure drops when you stand up and his heart rate increases,” Patrick-Griffin, his father added. Imarion faced tough challenges dealing with his ailment and at same time studying in school.
With the help of doctors at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, he was able to survive and get the chance to show the world how brilliant he was.
“I want to be great. I got to. I’m not in a hospital bed. I’m not in a wheelchair. I’m trying to show the world what I can do,” Imarion said.
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He finally graduated from Cardinar Ritter High School, in the United States with a 4.80 grade point average. His outstanding performance earned him $2.2 million in scholarships and acceptance from 77 universities and colleges across the United States.
“Every scholarship fair going on in St. Louis I was there. Every application. I’m talking 2-3 o’clock in the morning we were up filling it out,” Imarion’s mother, Kenyatta Patrick-Griffin said.
“First scholarship came in I’m like okay. The second scholarship I’m like it’s not enough. I don’t have enough money to pay for you to go to school,” she added.
Imarion mentioned that he plans to study for his bachelors degree in Kinesology at Mid America Nazarene University in the United States.
“Keeping a 3.8 and above GPA since freshman year and even getting a high school diploma and making it to see my senior year in high school in the City of St. Louis — that’s Black History,” he said.
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