Jaundice: Personal Narrative Of My Life

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September 17, 2002, my mom gave birth to Nafia Maire Carter Colson Blackshear.My grandmother named me because my mom was going to name me Aderiyah Yashera. She was happy that I was not born with Down syndrome. But we did have to stay a week after I was born because I had I yellowish pigment to my skin known as Jaundice. Then 2 years later my mom gave birth to my little brother on September 18, 2004, almost born on my second birthday he was also born with Jaundice and has asthma. Then 8 years later my little sister was born on September 13, 2012, she was also born with Jaundice she had it the worst and she also had problems with her head that she could've had surgery on her head but thankfully she grew out of it and is doing better. The crazy

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