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-Briden Dyess 

-English3 

-Narrative Writing Assignment 

God Bless My Little Niece!

     Emma was born on October 31st, 2013. She was delivered in the Bulloch Memorial Hospital in Statesboro, Ga. She has made a change in not only my life but my whole family. Emma made each and every one of us very happy when she entered the world. She is definitely the cutest thing I have ever seen. Emma brings pride and joy into my family; she honestly couldn’t make us any happier. 

     Emma is now 1 year old. Six months ago my Mom noticed that she wasn't developing well enough and hadn’t reached the point she should have at the age of six months. My mom said to my sister in law, “Jackie we need to take Emma to the doctor…” Jackie has this look on her face  in like what do you mean we need to take her to a Doctor? She was very confused and scared. They begin to discuss Emma’s progress and at that moment, Emma’s mom realizes that Emma isn’t doing as well as other 6 month old babies are doing.  She could not sit up by herself, she was not even trying to crawl, she was not pulling herself up or any of the other things a 6 month old should be doing.  They had to make an appointment to take Emma to get checked out. They went to the Doctor to see why Emma hadn’t reached the mile stones she is supposed to. The Doctor ran all kinds of test and the feed back they got was difficult to hear. 

     They received a call from the Doctor, he said “Emma has been diagnosed with Chromosomal Migration Syndrome.” The effects of this type Syndrome are that she could possibly never talk, or walk. However there is a wide range, from minimal to severe delays in development. The tears broke out, and we thought it’s all going down hill from here. None of us knew what to do at this point. We were all so heart broken and in a state of shock. My Mom tries to keep all of our heads held high and do the very best to think positive. She says to us, “Everything will turn around and be alright, just try to keep your head held high.”

       Emma is now in therapy and has been in therapy for quite some time. She has a lot of developmental delays however she is progressing.The Doctors say that with proper physical therapy and speech therapy there is a good chance that she will walk and talk in time. This is a  thing that you think always happens to someone else and not to your family. Never take life for granted and always cherish what you have. Although Emma will always be a “special” child, she will always be SPECIAL to me.