How Pyloric Stenosis Changed My Life

September 6, 2000, I was born into this world the 2nd child of Maria and Percy Vela on one typical day there baby boy just like any other newborn, healthy weight and size, but unexpectedly the baby became unordinary. This family went from having a healthy beautiful baby boy to a sick infant who wouldn’t digest anything he was fed and vomited frequently, and it was a nightmare for my parents as they brought me to the hospital in Stamford Connecticut the doctors gave my parents only one option, surgery. This surgery saved my life which laid the groundwork for the person I am today, my view on society, knowledge, work, love, and happiness, the things that have taught me about life.

Pyloric Stenosis is an uncommon condition in the stomach and small intestine which thickens. Pyloric Stenosis has less than 200,000 US cases per year, which means it is rare to occur with the most in
My parents observed differences in my body as it would weaken and would Vomit immensely “all the time” they worried to the point they knew they had to take me to the hospital. Then the doctors who observed me had struggled to understand what had been the problem, but they had a strong gut feeling based on my symptoms what the problem was. Pyloric Stenosis which was a

So they went to give me an operation without consent, and luckily it was a success, and I overcame a terrible moment for my family. I got a new perspective on life for my entire childhood. During this experience, I spent my childhood proudly embracing the scar and the surgery as it is a part of me that doesn’t take anything away from me, instead it pushes me. Because of the severity of the procedure in my childhood showed me the values of my life and how someone shouldn't take their existence for