DISCOVERY
For the first seven years of my life, I
was a healthy, happy-go-lucky child.
Then one day, I accidentally slipped
and fell on a river bank while
fetching water near my home and the course of my life was altered forever.
When you grow up in the village
playing outdoors, it was normal to
get skinned knees. Thinking that this
was the usual injury that would go
away on its own, it did not occur to
me to report that I had fallen and
hurt myself. The effects of the fall
also took some time to show. At first,
there was just a mild pain in my hip.
Then I began limping. This was when
my parents noticed and took me to a
nearby hospital where I was
examined and given pain killers.
Once home, however, the pain
continued growing. Each time I
complained, I would be taken to
another hospital and given yet
another dose of painkillers.
was a healthy, happy-go-lucky child.
Then one day, I accidentally slipped
and fell on a river bank while
fetching water near my home and the course of my life was altered forever.
When you grow up in the village
playing outdoors, it was normal to
get skinned knees. Thinking that this
was the usual injury that would go
away on its own, it did not occur to
me to report that I had fallen and
hurt myself. The effects of the fall
also took some time to show. At first,
there was just a mild pain in my hip.
Then I began limping. This was when
my parents noticed and took me to a
nearby hospital where I was
examined and given pain killers.
Once home, however, the pain
continued growing. Each time I
complained, I would be taken to
another hospital and given yet
another dose of painkillers.
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