young O.I. impatient
At age 10 I thought that I had accumulated sufficient fractures that I could sense one from happening Not so. The condition I was born with is called osteogenesis imperfecta or also known as (brittle bones). This birth defect is categorized as a level 3 O.I. however, it has not stopped me from living without boundaries. I was about 10 years old the first time I felt a brush with death. My older sister asked me if I wanted to go for a cruise on her bike. I thought to myself ah sure OK, so I hopped on the handlebars of her bike & sat face forward. We had just about finished a roundabout when she suddenly turned the bike to quickly to the left. I flew off the handlebars and hit my head on a wooden fence that was about two feet high. I immediately collapsed and lost consciousness and entered a state of mind, that I would compare to as r.e.m. type of sleep. In this state of mind you notice small things such as a picture frame of a loved one or the face of the person who is speaking to y...