My Family's Rheumatomy: Horrendous Illness

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My family has experienced financial need prior to my birth, unfortunately for my mother. She has been plagued with horrendous illnesses since she was born, beginning will allergies at birth. She was only two years old when she needed allergy shots to be administered. Not to mention, had undergone two bladder surgeries and infections would cause a 105 degree temperature. At age five, Junior Rheumatoid arthritis was diagnosed in her finger and she was sent to Scottish-Rite Hospital in Dallas. Over the course of two years she suffered with this disease and the arthritis had moved to every joint on the right side of her body. She was taking eight aspirin a day just to make it through kindergarten. That December, at age seven, her family was given …show more content…

Although her story does not end because a freshman in high school, she became the youngest patient to develop endometriosis at age fourteen. As a young teenager she was told she was never going to be able to have kids, and needed to undergo a hysterectomy. However, over the course of four years she had four surgeries and fortunately her last doctor disagreed with her previous one and told her she could have as many children as she wanted. Just as she was starting to live a normal life she developed kidney stones while attending Texas A&M. She had surgery to remove her gallbladder and remained healthy for the next few years. Although, her body can never seem to heal, because ever since my parents married my mom spend numerous weeks in and out of hospitals. One doctor performed surgery to see if she could even get pregnant not realizing she was already pregnant with my older brother. Both of my mother's pregnancies were difficult for her body, with severe migraine headaches, high blood pressure and serious issues with dehydration, which caused my brother and I to be born a month …show more content…

The medicine alone was $500 a month for several years. These medical issued have stunted our families’ ability to put money in a college fund. Since my mother still suffers every day from the pain in her body and many days is unable to use her hands, she is unsure how long she will be able to work. Many medical tests are trying to prove arthritis still plaques her hands today causing the pain, but praise God, she is still free of arthritis. As you can understand, even though my parents work hard to make a good living it is easy to see any extra money goes towards medical bills rather than a college fund. I have been working for Troy ISD in the Technology Department since December 2015 to earn money for college and have created my own business to repair technology components. With the reality my parents are not going to be able to pay for my college education, I fully expect to work while I attend Texas A&M to pay my expenses. I would really appreciate any scholarship I can receive to help me make my dream come true to be an Aggie and to receive a degree from Texas

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