My life, my death and my choice Parvathy Nair, Hartland International School, Dubai In the year 2014, my aunt was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, shared by 340 millionpeople around the world. This was an incurable condition that affected the nerves and brain.Imagine losing your ability to speak in full sentences. One day you wake up and the - words -slowly - fade… That is what happened to my aunt. She went from being able to talk in fullsentences, to losing her speech and having to write down anything she wanted to say. Aftermonths passed, everything began to worsen, she was only able to move her eyes tocommunicate. Her friends and family were forced to see her suffer right before their eyes,and it was simply depressing. She went through three years of agony before painfully passingaway.
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