Young, Adree
Eng 1113.3
Wallace
October 15, 2013
Who I Am
It was chilly, just like any other November day in Coleman, Oklahoma. I started my day just like I always did, I woke up, got dressed, and went to school. Basketball wasn’t fun, just like normal. It was just a normal, plain Jane, kind of day. I never thought that what seemed to be such a normal day would change me for the rest of my life.
Near the end of the day the school recieved a call from my dad. The call was to inform my sister and I that my grandma was going to pick us up that day because my mom had passed out at work and was at the hospital with my dad to figure out what was wrong. Of course, I instantly started to worry, but I reassured myself that my mom was one of the toughest women on the planet and that everything was fine. My mom and dad did not get home until later that evening due to the several tests they ran on my mom. As usual mom didnt think much was wrong with her, dehydration was her guess on why she passed out.
After many doctor appointments and many cat scans and MRI’s we finally found out the real reason why my mom had passed out that day at work. The diagnosis was a brain tumor, located on the back of her head where the neck attaches to the skull.
We were all devastated. Was it cancerous? Was it curable? Was she going to live? Could we afford the treatment she needed? We all had so many questions coming out of the fear of not knowing what was going to happen next.
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Narrative Essay I was fourteen years old when I found out my mom needed an operation. Until this point, I was taking life for granted. This operation changed the way I looked at life. It also brought my family closer together. My mother explained to me that her arms and legs had been going numb. She told me she had gone to a doctor a few weeks ago and they found a bulging disk in her spine. What ...
We found out the tumor was a noncancerous tumor. We were all very thankful that it was not cancer. My mom had two options, the first option was to not take the tumor and live with it there. The option to live with the tumor was very risky due to the tumor being located near and on some nerves. If she decided to take this option, the tumor could affect many different nerves and eventually might paralyze her. The second option was to have the tumor surgically removed. This option also had many risks because the removal of the tumor could damadge the nerves the tumor was already located on.
Mom decided to go ahead and have the surgery done because the surgeons reassured her that it was the best decision and that she would be completely back to normal in six months.
I will never forget the day my mom and dad left for the surgery because that was the last day I saw my mom normal.
After the surgery was over, my mom had to stay in the hospital for about four months. My dad stayed at the hospital most of the time, but when he was home, he was working. In those four months I had to become the main person to take care of my sister and of myself. We did have my grandmother there, but she was eighty-four years old at the time and could not do a lot of the things that had to be done around the house. I was the one who had to do the laundry, take my sister to school, make sure we had everything we needed for games, clean the house, help my sister with homework, and then do homework of my own. Being in charge of so much stuff is very stressful for an eighth grader.
I became a more responsible young lady over the course of my mothers recovery period. I learned patience, how to deal with stress, and how to always try to be positive about every situation that was put in front of me. I think my moms surgery has made me the person I am today because of all the challenges I overcame and some challenges I did not overcome.
It has been a true learning experience over the past five years. My mom is still not back to normal, but I know that everything happens for a reason, and I do believe one of those reasons was to make me a strong individual. I love my mom more than anything in this whole world because after all she is still my mom, and I wouldn’t trade her for anything. I do believe that this event in my life is a large reason why I am the person I am today.
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