Gonna give this a shot Part 1

Hi!  My name's Kara.  I've heard of blogging and read a few even but felt like nothing in my life would be interesting enough.  However, the more I think about it, sometimes even the small things are interesting and can be of help and encouragement to others, which is part of the purpose I started this.  So...with that said here's a little about me.

I'm a thirty-something young women who's seen, done and experienced a lot.  I live with a birth defect called Spina Bifida that occurs 15 days after conception in which the spine doesn't close properly.  With it come many internal complications, and paralysis.  At birth, my family wasn't given much hope for my life.  I would either die within a few days/weeks, or if I did live, I would be a lifeless vegetable(I haven't met anyone who fits that description).  The advice they were given was to institutionalize me and let me die peacefully.   They found a place which was more home-like.  The staff could see that I was diagnosed incorrectly.  They would play with me, talk to me and encourage me to grow as any child would.  One nurse in particular paid special attention to me.  She would visit me on breaks.  Eventually, after some time of visiting her family, they adopted me.