Continuing to play piano meant I was using my entire body, it was therapy for everything and my motor skills improved. By age 7, I had the strength to stand and hold a bowl of cereal for two seconds.
I was having speech, occupational and physical therapy but I wasn't really improving, so my mom decided to try piano lessons. When I was four, she hired five different piano teachers to give me private lessons. Each brought different perspectives and teaching styles in order to maximise my development. I had those five teachers until the age of 10, as well as other therapists coming to the house to help me outside of the piano work.
Doctors tried to tell my parents to treat me normally so I could live a normal life, but as a kid with TSC I thought my piano ability was pretty special. At around 10 years old, I started to participate in piano competitions. At first it was community competitions and regional competitions. Then in high school, I started playing in national competitions.
At the same time, I began to catch up on my age development milestones very quickly. It was not easy, but I never gave up. By 2019, I was able to catch up and reach the same developmental level as an adult my age. That same year, I made my professor cry by playing a particular Bach Fugue she had learned during her doctoral studies.
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