Personal Narrative: Pierre Robin Syndrome

At 3 years of age I had a difficult job. Most three-year-olds don't but I did and I have had the same one since. When I was born, I was diagnosed with Pierre Robin Syndrome. Pierre Robin Syndrome is diagnoses that involves a smaller than average lower jaw and a cleft palate. This syndrome is not genetic and many experts believe that it’s caused by the position of the fetus in the early weeks of pregnancy. This often causes, like in my case, airway obstructions and speech issues. My job was working at speech therapy on my speech.
One day we were working on the and Sh and Ch sounds I found it very difficult and frustrating because I wasn't getting them right away. I was very annoyed that I couldn’t get the words to sound correctly right away even though I was trying to do my best. I was hurt that my best wasn't enough to meet their standards. Later on while I was practicing I began questioning if my speech would ever be good enough to meet their standards. I just could not get what I was doing wrong in their mind. I then began asking myself whether I was good enough as a person to ever succeed. By the end of the therapy time I was sick of speech and was feeling defeated like the Greeks did when they were conquered by the Spartans. I wished my mom would stop correcting me. I just wanted to go play with my blocks and build towers. …show more content…
Some of us would go to Dakota Meadows and others would go to East Junior High. I was very nervous for the transition. I was afraid of what people might say about me and the way I talked. So I decided to not talk unless necessary. When I finally was in 7th grade, I was talking when was only was necessary. I did see that kids weren't as mean as I thought they would be, so I changed my mind around the end of September and started baby step by baby step talking to people. I then slowly gained back my