Freedom from the black cloud to fnd the silver lining
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In my first year of high school, I was diagnosed with a kidney stone in my right ureter, which had become lodged and was halting the flow of urine from my right kidney. I received a lithotripsy to remedy the problem. My sophomore year in the second month of school, I fell in gym and fractured my wrist socket. After two weeks, it was discovered that I needed surgery to repair the socket and I was scheduled to have a moderate risk surgery involving the moving of nerves and tendons and the installation of a small steel plate. A small plate was not effective so a large plate of about three inches by one inch was installed. After months of physical therapy, I was able to regain most of the agility I had begun with. March of my sophomore year, I was diagnosed with another kidney stone in my right kidney and it was decided that a stent insertion was necessary. Complications arose from the procedure requiring my hospitalization and heavy medication for just over a week. Less than a month later, I was back in the emergency room due to a buildup of acedamedaphin in my body. I was in intensive care for 3 days while they waited to see if my liver would recover...