Blog Entries from Chidera

WHY I WRITE? “A writer i think is someone who pays attention to the world” - SUSAN SONTAG. 19th of June 2000 I was born. But unlike most “normal babies,” I didn’t cry. The Doctor that took my delivery thought I was dead, but I wasn’t. I had Asphyxia neonatorum: a failure to start regular respiration within a minute of birth. Newborn infants typically begin to breathe without assistance and usually cry after delivery. If not correctly managed, asphyxia neonatorum will lead to hypoxia...