Katherine Hayward, my life with cerebral palsy

My identical twin sister and I were born 3 months premature weighing 2lbs 6 ounces. Lack of oxygen caused a grade 4 bilateral brain bleed. I had cardiac arrests and multiple lung collapses. I have Spastic Quadriplegia Cerebral Palsy and Hydrocephalus. I was on life support in the NICU for my first two weeks of life. Everyone thought we'd die. . My sister did. I have a shunt inside my brain for my hydrocephalus . I survived when no one thought I would. This is my story

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Friday, 15 November 2013

I Have Reached, And Past The Forty Thousand Words Milestone For NaNoWriMo

Today, I wanted to reach the 40 ,000 words milestone , and I did! In fact, I'm at 41, 115 words, which is 87 pages at the moment but maybe more once I edit and modify the spacing and paragraphs. I am so proud of what I have done . Today I read my latest email from the NaNoWriMo team, which suggested everyone printing off what they'd done so far, to motivate themselves more. I think I will when I'm finished . Only a little more than 8,000 words left to go and then I will be! I have more of my story to tell though, so I'll see how it goes tomorrow.