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How Cancer Changed My Life
Cancer was something that happened in my life that I did not see coming. No of course it was not me who was hit with the big C. This happened to my sister when I was in the 6th grade. This took a major change to me and it changed who I am today. When this happened it took control of my sister. My sister has never had a fair life for her. When ever she would get passed a major thing in her life something always comes around to bite her. This thing that started it all happened when she was 3-4 years old and my sister needed to have brain surgery because she was constantly having seizures because of a brain condition called cortical dysplasia. This is a malformation in the development of the brain. Basically what this means is she had spots that …show more content…
Me growing up with her like this made it seem like nothings was wrong with her so I didn't treat it like an issue or I was totally oblivious to her. Later on I had to move in with my dad because of some issues within my family that forced me over. My sister did not share the same dad as me. When I was in 6th grade. A year after I had moved in with my dad cancer had hit her. All is the form. It was a kind of Leukemia 40 % survival at the time. This really hit me hard. I had totally given up on my sister and I was totally prepared to say my goodbyes. The way she found out was at her school in the nurse's office. Apparently she went to the nurse's office because she was bit by a spider and the bite looked like it was getting infected so she went and the nurse immediately called 911 and took her to the hospital. This is where her drastic downfall began this was no longer the sister that I had grown up with. This was a corpse on a bed. She had lost so much wait because it apparently felt like spikes when she swallowed making her totally losing her appetite. Nothing ever was going her way. She tried to make friends in the hospital. This was one of her big
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