Having a physical disorder is usually noticed when a baby is born. As I grew up, each doctor's visit was perfectly normal. That all changed when I was a senior at Baldwin Park High School.
Ever since sixth grade, I was on the basketball team. As I entered my senior year, my school had the best girls" varsity basketball team in the league and I was apart of it. At one particular game, my life was about to change. We had to travel to Bonita High School for the game. With only about five minutes remaining, the other team had scored. As I began to back peddle, an opposing player bumped into me. She bumped me so hard I fell right on my behind. I was used to falling, but this was no ordinary fall. I hit the court so hard I nearly peed in my shorts. One of my team members helped me up and I continued to play. The game came to an end so we headed back to our bus. While we were on the way home, I did not feel any severe pain. As the days went on, I began to feel a sharp pain in my lower back. .
Immediately my mom took me to the doctors. This would be the only doctor's appointment that would not be normal. .
Like any other doctor's appointment, he began to examine me and asked what my major complaint was. I explained to him where it was hurting and what had happened. He took x-rays of my lower back but he could not see anything physically wrong. The only thing he could do until further tests were performed, was to give me pain medicine. My next appointment was a week later. At this appointment I had an MRI, which would show things that the x-rays did not catch. About two days later I returned for the results. Usually my doctor greeted me with a comforting smile, but I knew something was wrong by the look on his face. He explained that the condition I now have was something I was born with but would have never known if I did not fall. My condition is called spinal-bifida, which means my last two vertebrates did not grow properly.
