How To Write A Defining Moment Essay
I was absolutely freezing. I had been tired all day, and attributed that to the large amount of time I spent sitting on my bed working on a school project. I had not been eating that day because I was saving my appetite for a buffet I knew my boyfriend, Cotton, and I were going to that night. Every time I did get up, I felt weak. My heart would pound, and my breathing was labored. I sipped at some OJ, thinking that maybe I was coming down with something, that the Vitamin C would help, and maybe it would help quench the thirst that never seemed to go away.
We had a lovely date night. We went to the Palms buffet before heading to the Bellagio to go watch the water fountain show to end the night. Watching the water fountain show I was leaning up …show more content…
They took my pulse and drew some blood during the intake process before sending me to fill out some paperwork. Due to my high heart rate, I was brought back to a bed not long afterward, despite my only complaints being my fatigue feeling really cold. As I was walking back to the bed they had for me the nurse asked me how long I had been a diabetic. I stated that I wasn’t, but my dad was a type 2 diabetic. I thought he had read my medical history wrong! Turns out I really was diabetic.
I spent my first week as a diabetic in the ICU on constant insulin and saline drips, learning the new language and skills I would need to survive. My mom stayed with me, sleeping in the recliner chair that the nurse brought by. My dad and sister came and visited, my boyfriend of only 4 days came by and played checkers with me. All of them looked so worried. I held it together, only crying when Mom was asleep and no one else was in the room. All the while I was thinking, “Am I going to be able to handle this new diagnosis? What is in store? What if I can’t do this? Never mind all the needles… I hate
We had a lovely date night. We went to the Palms buffet before heading to the Bellagio to go watch the water fountain show to end the night. Watching the water fountain show I was leaning up …show more content…
They took my pulse and drew some blood during the intake process before sending me to fill out some paperwork. Due to my high heart rate, I was brought back to a bed not long afterward, despite my only complaints being my fatigue feeling really cold. As I was walking back to the bed they had for me the nurse asked me how long I had been a diabetic. I stated that I wasn’t, but my dad was a type 2 diabetic. I thought he had read my medical history wrong! Turns out I really was diabetic.
I spent my first week as a diabetic in the ICU on constant insulin and saline drips, learning the new language and skills I would need to survive. My mom stayed with me, sleeping in the recliner chair that the nurse brought by. My dad and sister came and visited, my boyfriend of only 4 days came by and played checkers with me. All of them looked so worried. I held it together, only crying when Mom was asleep and no one else was in the room. All the while I was thinking, “Am I going to be able to handle this new diagnosis? What is in store? What if I can’t do this? Never mind all the needles… I hate