What Are The Obstacles That Affect My Life

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I had my share of obstacles in my life, I even had problems when I was just started 1st grade. One significant obstacle that I faced that greatly affect my life was my very first asthma attack, when this shocked my family and had taken a toll on my education. I was about 6 or 7 when I was airlifted to hospital, unable to breath normally, and was forced into weeks of recovery. I was not able to walk, breath normally, see family members as normally as before, or even sleep. I was forced to wear a mask to breath and had to wake up in the middle of the night every day to get a vaccination. To be honest I was worried, I was scared how this would end, how will this affect my family, and how this would affect my school life. Even through

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