My Life Story

Chapter 4: Health problems

                                    {based on a true story *different names used}

 Since I was born I have had asthma that is a cause of me being born earlier. I was born 10 days before my actual birth the lungs are the last to develop and my lungs did not. So now sometimes I have asthma attacks I need to use an inhaler. Last year I had one I woke up unable to breathe not even the inhaler worked so I was taken to the hospital and there they have an oxygen mask and it is only available for hospital use. After that I couldn't run for a while. And another problem was in 1st grade I wouldn't eat properly and I fainted. You need to eat to be able to have strength that time I felt like I was closing my eyes unable to stay awake my eyes slowly closed.

     When I woke up I realized I was in an ambulance and then I realized that I fainted at school. I saw my parents following the ambulance I scared them so please eat that's my advice. Since that day I began to eat and never fainted. It's important to eat and get exercise once a week at my school we run the mile and it helps us stay fit. I got better at running at my middle school than at elementary we barely ever ran a mile and it caused me to not get used to running.

      An incident that happened to me in 3rd grade
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I was young back then and a few days ago in 3rd grade I had eaten 2 of the smallest bags of takis and then threw up. A few days later one of the sides of my stomach was hurting. Everything I ate I threw it up. My mother grew concerned and that day I had not gone to school I fell asleep for a while then I was woken up by my mom. She said we are taking you to the hospital along with her she took a container and before we had gone to the hospital I ate rice and we left.

        While in the car I threw up my mom had given me medicine before leaving the house one of my sides hurted I also cried because of the pain. Then we went into the hospital and as I was examined my parents were told that they had to perform surgery immediately and if they didn't I would have died. All I remember is that I was given something and it made me fall asleep. When I woke up I was taken x-rays and my side that hurted was burning. I stayed at the hospital for a week or more and then I was mad because I had trouble being able to walk again.

        I was relieved and thanked god for saving me and the surgeons for helping me live. I was feeling better and better everyday. When I returned to school everyone asked what had happened I told them the truth I couldn't lie. My friend Siena missed me and said that she was glad that I was back. For the next few months I had to be cautious about what I did.

   Then soon those months turned to years. Then I was able to do what I wasn't able to do. I thank god for letting me live and I was performed surgery before it was too late. Since that day the only thing I have is a scar in the right side of my stomach I don't care if I have to live with that scar I'm thankful that I'm alive. If I hadn't survived it could have crushed my family and friends.

       Attention:
This incident really did happen and happened in 2013.

------ Sheilaperezxoxo