A Story of My Life

September 6. I had just gotten home from school and went to bed for my daily after school  nap. I got woken up by sharp pains in my abdomen. At first, I paid no attention to it and told myself the pain would go away. I went downstairs, said hello to my mom, and to get some food. At this point, the pain was no regular pain. It would go away and come back but it was really painful. I rushed to the restroom because I felt like letting everything out orally. But nothing happened it was just excruciating pain. I finally decided to let my mom know what I was feeling. As my mother she quickly made me tea, gave me medicine, called my aunt for remedies, and other stuff. But the pain was still there. The pain was horrible, breaking me into tears and frustration because I didn’t know what was happening. After 4 hours, I was rushed to the hospital. The pain I was feeling was making me lose a sense of everything. With tears running down my face, I was finally admitted into the emergency room. They asked questions, but I couldn’t answer because I was in pain. The nurse did and said “ You’re either pregnant or you have appendicitis.” I quickly responded with a face of fear and tears. I was scared for either one, even though one was not likely. So many thoughts rushed through my head. The main was not good as it was my biggest fear. Dying. I thought “If it is appendicitis, that means surgery, but what if something goes wrong. What if my body gives up?” I was so scared and after getting medication to calm me down, I forgot everything about going into surgery. The doctor came back with the results and in fact it was appendicitis. I was moved upstairs into a bigger room which kind of triggering my fear even more. I hated it. I spent a total of 21 hours with tears down my face and excruciating pain. I prayed as I went into surgery because I was a nervous wreck. I didn’t know what it felt like, I had never been through that. There was no words to described what I felt going into the operating room. Long story short, my surgery went great, but little did I know my mind wasn’t going to be good. I spent about 4-5 days in observation and it was the worst days of my life so far. I felt enclosed with needles in my arms, tubes up my stomach, 3 sets of stitches, and continuous pain. I know people have much more worst things going on in their lives, but this was mine at the moment and it was not fun for me. Things that are unexpected are crazy and can definitely change your life quickly. For me, the unexpected brought the unexpected. My unexpected surgery brought so many unexpected mental feelings and emotions.