Having a big family is hectic. Sometimes it's hard to be heard.
My eldest sister is Laura. She's in a wheelchair because she can't walk.
Living with Laura is good; she's getting better now. She had a tracheotomy and has to learn to talk again.
She has to have oxygen to help her live. She could live for a short time without it, but then she'd have to put it back because she can't breathe as well as everyone else.
When it is raining, I go in and play with her. I play and talk normally with her as if she's a normal person. I like having her as my sister.
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