Live Your Life

Oniyra Oliver Start Date: Sep 11, 2024 - End Date: Jan 10, 2025
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Professional Development
  • Study/Degree Abroad
  • Jamaica
  • Alaska, United States of America
  • Brazil
  • África, Puebla, Mexico
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Germany
  • United Arab Emirates

My Travel Story

by: Oniyra Oliver Start Date: Sep 11, 2024 - End Date: Jan 10, 2025
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Professional Development
  • Study/Degree Abroad
Growing up I've always had a desire to travel but never had the funds or time do so. During the I was in high school there was an opportunity to travel abroad to Europe which was one of the many places on my bucket list ,However due to Covid the trip was posted multiple times. Which led to the trip getting canceled. But that never stopped me from continuing my desire to explore the world. But I'd like to give a bit a background about myself.

I was born prematurely with major complications to my bowels due to poor oxygen in my intestines. The condition is Necrotizing Enterocolitis. In my case this affected my small intestines.
The story I've heard many times from my mother was when she began bathing me, my stomach started to swell. She described it as someone punching me from the inside out. I wasn't even a day old.

After that I was transported from Fitzgerald Mercy to Delaware County Memorial. The doctors put tubes in me as a way to stop and slow down the damage to my intestines. But it was beyond their scope of neonatal care. Given that, I was then transported to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). This is where I was put on life support.My hands and feet were now deemed as access to IVs giving me antibiotics. Within 48 hours I coded and was put on life support. Until New Year's Day, I was placed on a nasal cannula.

One thing my mother mentioned was that when Dr.Nance exited the operating room he said, "I have her intestines on a tray. We are removing the dead tissue and reconnecting the healthy. She is okay." Hours later I was in recovery.

I’m an inspiration to myself and I plan to inspire others to follow their dreams and never give up.
  • Jamaica
  • Alaska, United States of America
  • Brazil
  • África, Puebla, Mexico
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Germany
  • United Arab Emirates