Personal Narrative: Pedimol Seizures

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I started walking at 12 months, I was really small because I was premature. I always would hide in cabinets, my grandma actually still has the cabinet I used to hide in! I was always running around doing something. When I turned two that’s when it got bad. I didn’t like getting told no, I would throw a fit. I would throw stuff at my step dad when he was driving. I ran up to my mom one time and bit the side of her thigh, I never did that again. My mom gave me a good punishment! Terrible two’s I guess. I always used to climb up on the couch when someone was sleeping and yell cannonball then proceed to jump right on them. When I was little I went into my sister Megan’s room and got red lip stick and drew a smiley face on her wall, she didn’t like it. …show more content…
He always thought it was cute. At the age of 4 my mom started noticing I would stare off into space and she would say my name and I wouldn't answer her. So my mom ended up taking me to the doctor and found out I was having pedimol seizures. I wasn’t aloud to see strobe lights because that could cause me to have a seizure. I don’t remember having them but, I would just stare off into space and block everyone out. I grew out of them, I stopped having them in 5th grade. 5th grade I feel like that's when I started getting a sense of fashion and would do my hair. I used to hate the texture of jeans so I would wear sweats everyday and would look like a troll and suddenly I became

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