Personal Narrative: I Am Madyson Cuba

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I am Madyson Cuba. The one and only. I live with my Mom and my Grandmother. My mom has CRPS, which is Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. It could affect anywhere in the body. It affects her in her heart, shoulder blades, lower back, hips, legs/knees and her ankles. With this condition your body swells anywhere. On my mom, her ankles swell up to 2x her actually ankle size. Not many people have it. There are fewer than 200,000 US cases per year. She first got hit by her car door slamming into her knee in 1997. Then she got injured in 2008 when I started kindergarden by getting hit in the back of her knee cap with a metal chair by her RSD (CRPS) patient. Also my grandmother has recently got Lyme’s Disease and is now badly sick. My dad lives in Florida with my Stepmom and my three half brothers. …show more content…

When Anthony was due, I was allowed to pick out the name. The names that stuck were Richard, Michael, and Alex. I then thought about the name Anthony. I chose that name because my mom’s best friend, Anthony, and my “father figure” died when I was finishing fourth grade. So, in thought of him and since he was no longer with us, why not name my first brother that. My brothers mean everything to me. When my dad had to take a nap in between shifts, when I would visit, and when my step mom is still at work, I make lunch and snacks for them, then my other grandparents came and helped me around the house and take them swimming. My point is, that I help with my family a lot and I wouldn’t be able to live without them. Even if we got into huge

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