{"id":2701,"date":"2018-07-17T16:14:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T20:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2018-07-17T16:14:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T20:14:33","slug":"kulin-conquers-tumor-personality-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?p=2701","title":{"rendered":"Kulin Conquers Tumor Personality Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

By:\u00a0Amber Abramowicz<\/strong>
\nEsprit De Corps
\nEisenhower HS
\n1st Place
\nDivision 2, Yearbook
\nPersonality Profile<\/p>\n

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S<\/span>he didn\u2019t expect the headaches she suffered, over the course of a few months, were a sign of something bigger.<\/p>\n

Something bigger that caused her over 250 class absences and about 20 trips to doctors\u2019 offices. Something bigger that led to mood swings, seizures and loss of memory.<\/p>\n

Something bigger that led to her laying in a hospital bed with her younger sister, because she couldn\u2019t sleep and because she was so freaked out and upset.<\/p>\n

Something bigger that led to a growing bond between senior Grace Kulin and her family.<\/p>\n

After experiencing a seizure in the school bathroom, Kulin was rushed to the emergency room and later, told the news she has a cavernous angioma; a blood vessel malformation that bled and caused seizures and memory loss.<\/p>\n

A brain tumor.<\/p>\n

Because of this brain tumor, she\u2019s had one surgery and may need another\u2014depending on if the first one stops her seizures.<\/p>\n

Because of this brain tumor, she was debating between two of her safety schools\u2014to make sure she wasn\u2019t stressing herself out\u2014and decided to choose Grand Valley State University.<\/p>\n

Because of this brain tumor, she is learning to work hard in school\u2014despite the challenge to keep her grades at all As.<\/p>\n

Because of this brain tumor, doing little activities, like reading, can trigger a seizure\u2014so she spends most of her weekends relaxing, like her doctor advised.<\/p>\n

Because of this brain tumor, Kulin\u2019s family has been very supportive of her\u2014a member always by her side through her days in the hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cLess than one percent of the world population has my condition, so I honestly never even thought this is what it would turn out to be,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t expect to deal with a brain tumor her senior year, but Kulin becomes stronger each day and an even better version of herself\u2014 because of a brain tumor that has taken control of her life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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