by Autumn
My sister was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2004. She had seizures before but we had no idea what was happening. I was only 7 or 8 at the time, and I had no idea what was going on. At first the doctor she went to took x-rays of her brain and found nothing wrong. The seizures, which at the time were just headaches to us, kept continuing, getting closer and closer together. Luckily my parents were not about to listen to that doctor, and took her to different hospitals until they were satisfied. We got hit with the heart-wrenching news that my sister, only 12 at the time, was going to be suffering with a brain tumor until we could find a neurologist. Her seizures got worse, at one point when she was in the car with my father, she had one and forgot who he was. It was decided that my sister would have a brain surgery done at CHOPs (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia). My family was scared that she wouldn't make it out alive. After a very long surgery, my sister made it out perfectly fine, with all of her hair! Unfortunately, she continued having seizures and had to have another brain surgery the next year to remove a little part of the tumor that had remained. Now she has been seizure free ever since!
