Personal Narrative: How Hope Changed My Life
Hope has always kept me strong and has helped me move forward in my life. Without hope one would not be able to face everyday challenges. The challenges that I was faced with have benefited me in ways that not only have an impact on me, but also benefit others.
The first thing I remember was the cold concrete school floor. Everything around me was spinning and I had no idea where I was. My body felt numb. I glanced to my right where I saw the dark shoes of a paramedic.
“Everything is going to be okay but we need to take you to the hospital,” he said. Still confused I asked,
“What happened?”
“You just had a seizure.” I had no idea what he was talking about. All I knew was that I was painting and the next thing I know I am waking up on the floor. I was placed on a gurney and wheeled outside where I felt the chills approach again. It was January, school was just about to end for the day so busses were lined up outside my high school. I was then wheeled up into an ambulance. I had never been in an ambulance before, but it felt cold. I trembled, and the paramedics could sense my discomfort. …show more content…
I was then transported to Children’s Hospital where I stayed the night. I was so drugged up on medicine that I had no problem falling asleep. The next day I was given an EEG and an MRI to test my brain waves. Everything looked fine.
My neurologist said, “We are going to classify the three seizures you just had as one seizure because sometimes people will just have one seizure and then they will never have another seizure for the rest of their life. Since you had three seizures around the same time frame we won’t diagnose you with epilepsy. Epilepsy is a disorder when one has more than one seizure. If you are diagnosed with epilepsy we will have to put you on a seizure medication.”
“I don’t want to be put on medication,” I stated
The first thing I remember was the cold concrete school floor. Everything around me was spinning and I had no idea where I was. My body felt numb. I glanced to my right where I saw the dark shoes of a paramedic.
“Everything is going to be okay but we need to take you to the hospital,” he said. Still confused I asked,
“What happened?”
“You just had a seizure.” I had no idea what he was talking about. All I knew was that I was painting and the next thing I know I am waking up on the floor. I was placed on a gurney and wheeled outside where I felt the chills approach again. It was January, school was just about to end for the day so busses were lined up outside my high school. I was then wheeled up into an ambulance. I had never been in an ambulance before, but it felt cold. I trembled, and the paramedics could sense my discomfort. …show more content…
I was then transported to Children’s Hospital where I stayed the night. I was so drugged up on medicine that I had no problem falling asleep. The next day I was given an EEG and an MRI to test my brain waves. Everything looked fine.
My neurologist said, “We are going to classify the three seizures you just had as one seizure because sometimes people will just have one seizure and then they will never have another seizure for the rest of their life. Since you had three seizures around the same time frame we won’t diagnose you with epilepsy. Epilepsy is a disorder when one has more than one seizure. If you are diagnosed with epilepsy we will have to put you on a seizure medication.”
“I don’t want to be put on medication,” I stated