Song Of The Day: Someday by Nickleback
I'm a nineteen year old visually impaired girl living with something called Septo Optic Dysplasia (S.O.D.) For me it means that my pituitary gland (the part of your brain that controls the body's hormones) is underdeveloped witch means that my body doesn't produce vital hormones of any kind. I have to take replacement hormones adrenalen, thyroid, growth hormone etc every day. With S.O.D. also comes Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (O.N.H.) witch means that my optic nerves (the nerves that send the things you see from your eyes to your brain) are underdeveloped witch makes me visually impaired.
My sister is eleven and she has S.O.D. too witch is rare. Last I checked there were only five other families in the world with two kids with S.O.D. She too has O.N.H. so she is also visually impaired (less than me) She has a cleft (a small indent) on the right side of her brain witch makes the left side of her body weaker. This is called Cerebral Palse (C.P.)
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