Cassara Contreras Princess cassaras journey

HI I'M CASSARA

AND THIS IS MY STORY I WAS BORN ON APRIL 10 2005 I WAS BORN 2 WEEKS LATE ME AND MY MOMMY STAYED IN THE OVER NIGHT AND THE NEXT DAY WE WERE CLEARED TO GO HOME SO WE WENT WHEN WE GOT HOME EVERY THING FELL APART I WOULD NOT STOP CRYING IT WAS A CONSENT CRY MOMMY WOULD FEED ME A I WOULD THROW IT UP I WASN'T HAPPY ANYWHERE MOMMY WOULD HOLD ME PUT ME IN THE SWING IN MY CRIB IN MY BOUNCER NO WERE MADE ME HAPPY AND I WAS THROWING UP ALL THE TIME SO WHEN I WENT TO MY SIX WEEK CHECK UP MOMMY TOLD THEM SOMETHING IS WRONG SHE IS NOT A HAPPY BABY AND SHE THROWS ALL HER MILK UP SO THE DOCTOR SAID IT WAS PROBABLY ACID REFLEX AND GAVE ME MEDS AND SENT ME HOME SO WITH IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS I JUST KEPT GETTING WORSE AND WORSE WASN'T GAINING WEIGHT HAD ALL KINDS OF TEST DONE ON ME AND DIDENT FIND NOTHING WRONG. THEN AT SIX MONTHS OLD THE DOCTORS DECIDED TO DO A FUNDOPLICATION AND PUT A GTUB IN HOPES THAT I WOULD GAIN WEIGHT SO I STAY IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 3 DAYS AND THEN VALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL RELEASED ME WITH A HEART MONITOR AND A GTUBE SO MY MOMMY TOOK ME HOME IN HOPES VERY THING WOULD GET BETTER BUT IT ONLY GOT WORSE 1 WEEK AFTER THE GTUBE WAS PUT IN I WENT BACK TO THE VALLEY CHILDREN'S ER NON RESPONSIVE AND BEARLY BREATHEING IT TOOK THEM 17 HOURS TO SEE ME MY MOMMY WAS PISSED BY THE TIME THEY GOT TO ME I WAS ALMOST DEAD THEY RAN ME UP TO THE NICU THEY SAID THAT I FLAT LINED 2 AND THEY BROUGHT ME BACK I GUESS U CAN SAY I'M A FIGHTER DO TO.THE LACK OF OXYGEN I SUFFERED IN THE 17 HOURS PLUS I NOW HAVE CEREBRAL PALSY SO AFTER THEY GOT ME ALL SETTLED IN THE NICU AND HOOKED UP TO EVERY MACHINE THAT THEY HAD INCLUDING A BREATHTAKING TUBE THE DOCTOR CAME OUT TO TELL MY MOMMY THAT I WAS VERY SICK AND THAT THEY FOUND SANAMILA AND E-COLI AND THEY PROCEEDED TO BLAME IT ON MY MOMMY AND DADDY HOW I GOT BOTH E-COLI AND SANAMILA AND SO THEY STARTED RUNNING TEST AFTER TEST AND FOUND OUT THAT I NOT ONLY HAD ACID REFLEX BUT I HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES, 3 DIFFERENT METABOLIC DISORDERS TO WITCH I CAN'T BRAKE DOWN PROTEIN AND I CAN'T HAVE ANY MORE THEN 1 GRAM OF PROTEIN A DAY AND ,KIDNEY FAILURE I WAS IN THE NICU FOR LIKE 3 WEEK AND THEN THEY MOVED ME DOWN TO THE FLOOR WERE THEY PROCEEDED TO RUN TESTS AND EEGS AND EKGS AND ULTRASOUNDS AND FOUND OUT THAT IF ALL THAT WASN'T ENOUGH I HAD SEIZURES TOO. SO AFTER GETTING ALL MEDS IN ORDER AND NURSE AIDS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF LIKE A MONTH LATER I FINALLY GET TO GO HOME AND MY MOMMY WAS SO HAPPY I WAS HOME ABOUT A MONTH WHEN I BECAME ACID OTIC AND BACK TO THE HOSPITAL I GO FOR ANOTHER WEEK SO THEN THEY PUMP ME FULL OF MEDS AGAIN AND IN THAT VISIT MY MOMMY HAD FOUGHT FOR A CENTRAL LINE TO BE PUT IN BECAUSE I WAS CONCENTLY GETTING POKE AND MY VEINS ARE BAD SO NOW I'M ABOUT A YEAR OLD NOW HOLDING MY OWN ALIL BETTER STILL IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL FOR THE ACIDOSIS AND SO SO MUCH BLOOD WORK BUT IT'S EASIER ON ME NOW WITH THE CENTRAL LINE SO WHEN I WAS ABOUT 2 1/2 I WAS HOSPITALALZD FOR 7 BLEEDING ULCERS AND OMG U WILL NEVER GUESS HOW I GOT THEM ONE OF THE DOCTORS AT VALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL PUT ME ON MOTRIN 3 TIMES A DAY FOR PAIN AND IT ENDED UP GIVING ME 7 BLEEDING ULCERS ANOTHER WEEK STAY IN THE HOSPITAL AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT MY CENTRAL LINE GOT INFECTED AND HERE WE GO BACK TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A 3 WEEK STAY BECAUSE THEY HAD TO CLEANSE MY BLOOD AND TAKE MY CENTRAL LINE OUT ANOTHER 3 WEEK STAY

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