Journal entry by Ayanna Ventura —
Hi guys, My name is A’yanna and I have Cicrearranged Sarcoma. The type of cancer I have is rare. There is only about 20 cases in America. It was a lot to process. So let’s go back to when I didn’t know I had cancer. I was the average girl. I was working at a fast food restaurant, both day and night shift. I was planning to join the military, to be exact the Army. I know a girl like me joining the army, I was skinny, didn’t really have muscle and didn’t look as tough as the other candidates. Next thing I know, I had a different pathway. In the blink of an eye I was in the hospital. I was getting surgery on the right side of my back. I had fluid in my BOTH lungs. It was so much fluid the doctors put tubes in both sides of my ribs. The fluid took months to drain. Suddenly, there was a mass on my spinal cord. I can’t walk but I’m getting stronger each day. The reason why I put the acronym V.E.N is because it means vital experiences NEEDED. This experience taught me to appreciate the small things in life. These were vital experiences needed. I could go on about what I learned from this. Hopefully, you guys can learn from.
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Thank you! Please feel free to ask questions Or tell me what I need to improve my blogging.
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