As the holiday season was going into full swing and most people were worried about what presents they were going to get for their boyfriends or parents, I was busy worrying about my upcoming neurosurgery. Being sick and needing surgery was nothing new for me, but I had never had my brain operated on before.
At the age of ten, I’d been diagnosed with a chronic, degenerative form of gastroparesis, and as I got older it became evident that there was something further wrong with me as well, but no one knew exactly what. We certainly never had the idea that I had a brain tumor and would need neurosurgery to have it removed.
I spent my entire childhood, from 2001 to 2010 going in and out of hospitals for heart issues, blood pressure issues, hypovolemic shock, electrolyte issues, passing out, and complications from gastroparesis. When my blood pressure issues … Find Out What Happens Next
