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Transition From Childhood To Adulthood

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What do I have think of when someone asks me "an accomplishment or event that marked my transition from childhood to adulthood?" I grew up in and out of hospitals, no one knew what was wrong. At one point they had me on 7 different medications, yet still couldn't figure out what was wrong. I think of the time I was 4 or 5 when my mother had her first seizure. I remember it vaguely. My mother had said her head hurt my dad said
"Maybe you should sit down."
She then started having a seizure. My dad called 911 and sent us across the street to our neighbors' Greg and Amy's house, he then followed the ambulance to the hospital. That was the scariest moment of my life, that I can remember. From that day on she just wasn't the same. She was diagnosed with epilepsy but that was just the beginning. …show more content…

I was only in 8th grade. Now that I'm a senior I really see how she struggles more then I did notice when I was younger. I knew when I was younger she was sick, but I guess you should say it never really set in. I see her struggle everyday. I see her in pain everyday, it hurts me. As I got older I had to take on more responsibility, even from a young age. My mom could never work due to being so sick. Now that I'm a senior she started to try to work at Maine Media Workshops and College as house keeping. She worlds her butt off and it really hurts her, but she doesn't want to stop, she doesn't want to seem useless. She comes home day after day, and says let legs hurt, which is due to her multiple sclerosis. Growing up with a sick Parent, and having problems of my own, definitely wasn't easy. I managed to get by my problems so I could focus on my

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