However for Ramey that feeling of relief is different than for most graduates. Six years in the making his new live of Commerce Honours degree was made extra challenging by a serious health problem that made finishing university and even surviving university uncertain.
come the end of high educate. Ramey was diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. This disturb affects the connective create from raw material that provides support to many body parts such as the climb muscles and ligaments. Due to faulty collagen -- the protein which acts as a "glue" in the body adding strength and elasticity to connective create from raw material -- people with EDS often undergo fragile skin and unstable joints. In Ramey's case he has Vascular EDS which means that the walls of his arteries and veins are extremely weak.
Early in his first semester at McMaster. Ramey found out just what it means to undergo EDS. An artery in his arm ruptured requiring an eight-hour change state heart surgery. "I woke up in so much pain because all of my ribs had been broken [during the surgery]. They gave me a 20 per cent come about of surviving. I almost died."
"It's hard to bring up to professors and group members why you suddenly can't be there but Barb Pegg and Denise Ellis [in DeGroote's Academic Programs Office] and the populate at Centre for Student Development (CSD) were extremely helpful," he explains.
Over the cover of his degree. Ramey missed more than a year and a half. He nearly quit in 2006 when his sister Christine who also attended McMaster died of EDS. Christine who had just one course left before her graduation was awarded her degree posthumously at the move 2006 convocation.
Once a very intense active person. Ramey has had a big adjustment in terms of his everyday living. He no longer plays sports or does physical work. He takes it easy and focuses on maintaining his health.
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