Essay On Osteogenesis Imperfecta

“Literacy is the road to human progress and the means to which every man, woman, and child can realize his or her full potential” (Kofi Annan). It is the best gift that anyone could ask for, although, without my diagnosis of Osteogenesis Imperfecta and the help from someone who means the most to me I do not think I would have ever discovered the why I am the way I am. At only six months in the womb I have been diagnosed with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Osteogenesis Imperfecta is disease that contains a group of fragile bones that breaks easily. The disease is also known as OI and it would be with me for the rest of my life... There was no way out and it sucked even more especially when I was in the hospital 8 times or even more a year. Now I am

I was a miracle child. At a very young age I was walking and talking, although, when I started school you could not tell me nothing. I loved school all my life and I still do. My report cards have been A’s and B’s and every bad grade I got I cried my eyes out. Most of the time I broke my legs I would have to stay out of school for 3 months at a time. Due to the fact that I have a brittle bone disease the simplest things would cause a fracture. For example, one time I was talking down the steps and my leg just snapped I been through this so much that the pain seemed to be non-existent. My tolerance for main went up and there were times that I hide my fracture for 2 weeks at the most keep in mind that I broke often. So I was barely in school although when it was time for me to go back to school I still managed to keep my grades up and I never feel off. School was my way out of my problems it made me feel normal and never in my life have I received a F because I do not let excuses seep through my mouth and never in my life have I used my disorder as an excuse. I never accept any excuses only results especially when it comes to something I love and what I love is