Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency is a rare metabolic disorder. OTC affects my body's ability to get rid of ammonia, a toxic breakdown product of the body's use of protein. The accumulation of ammonia in my blood travels to vital organs in my body. Complications of OTC can include developmental delay, liver damage, brittle hair, mood swings and affect my performance at school. Having only one kidney further complicates my condition. Since my body cannot handle large amounts of nitrogen, a low-protein diet (38g/day) is essential. I also take sodium benzoate after every meal, which "mops up" excess nitrogen/ammonia.

Thursday, 29 September 2011

End of the term

Today is Thursday the 29th of September, and today was the last day of the school term, and as a celebration, the junior school had a market day. They were selling sweets and candy and all that junk food and they had games. I took money to school today so that I could buy things from the stores. What I did was, I put my money together with my friend's money, and whatever we bought with our put-together money, we shared, just the two of us shared what we bought together. Both of our lunch-bags were almost full with junkfood, but luckily I didn't buy too much junk food. After the market day, my friend and I divided our sweets that we bought between the both of us, and all my other friends, including my one friend that I shared everything with, helped me watch and lookout for the protein levels on the backs of the packets of the sweets. I'm so thankful to all of those friends of mine who took their spare time to help me watch and lookout for the protein levels.
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