<------that's
me :)
I am a student at Missouri
Southern State College where I am currently studying math.
I was the president
of Student
Senate; a position I stepped up to after being a senator for two
years and vice-president for one year. When I first designed this, I was
the President, but Sandy (right of me, I'm in the middle)had to take my
place because I had emergency brain surgery! I am also a Freshman Orientation
leader, which means I teach an eight-week course about the school and various
issues that Freshman are often faced with.I had emergency
brain surgery on Jan. 10, 1998 in Kansas City for a large brain tumor that
I didn't even know existed. The tumor was a Cerebellar
Astrocytoma, completely benign and one of the best tumors to have,
if you're going to have a tumor, but ruining my balance. The surgery
left me a complete baby, in which I couldn't even eat without someone feeding
me, etc. I was in a wheelchair for about 4 months, until I could
gradually walk on my own. I also had months & months of rehab, Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, & Physical Therapy, in which I am still in PT. Also, because the tumor was in such a tricky
spot, some nerve damage was done and until the nerves regenerate, which
they are doing now, I have double vision and the left side of my face is
paralyzed, but it is definitely coming back:)! I am currently writing
a book about my situation called Talk About Hard.I also have a permanent
shunt which
is a tube in which one end of the tube is inserted in my brain and the
other end is in my stomach. What it does is drain any excess fluid
I have in my brain to my stomach.I went through 11+ months
of extensive Physical
Therapy, and because of this I want to do this as my career to help
people with brain injuries. So, I'm going to go to Graduate School,
in the south where it's warmer:), and major in PT.I am originally from 
Jefferson
City, but my dad just moved up to Kansas City to teach at one of
the high schools, but I still have family in Jeff. City to visit and my
mom lived in Virginia, but moved up to Kansas City to be with me during
my long recovery.I keep my life on schedule
with something I carry around with me everyday. It is a planner with a
picture of
Winnie
the Pooh on it. I can't live without it, you could say it acts as
my brain! After receiving the planner for my birthday a couple of years ago(October
12), I bought a Winnie the Pooh video, white terry cloth robe with the
old pooh and piglet characters on it, a pair of pooh earrings and many
more Pooh accessories. These help me get away from the monotony and stress
that my life throws at me.I inherited a Honda
Passport, liked it for awhile and then traded it in for the car
I've always wanted...an Acura Integra.
I love this car, it's the first one I've had that I don't look at other
cars and want them. My license plates say INTGR-T or integrity, it's
a GS which means it has automatic everything, except for the transmission,
it's manual, it has a 10 disc CD changer in the trunk, remote keyless entry,
and a Viper Alarm.
Here are some colleges and universities outside of the United States
that you may find interesting: I did this for Operations Research
and decided to leave it on.
