April, 2008
My parents got a phone call from the doctor’s office and sat Phil and me down to give us a talk. I could see my mom had tears in her eyes as my dad began to explain our situation. He told us that our mom has Myotonic dystrophy, but it is such a mild case that she didn’t even notice up until now. This was nothing to worry about. Yet on the other hand, Phil was diagnosed with it as well. I could tell on the inside Phil didn’t know how to react; on the outside he did what any other 15 year old would do…pretend as if nothing was wrong.
I opened the book that the doctor gave me. I flipped through the pages until I reached one that read: THE CAUSE. I learned that this whole disorder happens from a recurring section of DNA on chromosome #3 or chromosome #19. The doctors and scientists don’t yet understand how the genetic mutation causes the disease. I just couldn’t grasp how something so microscopic could so drastically change one’s life.
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