A Moment Of Suffering Analysis

Thinking about my life, there is one moment that can be perceived as “suffering”. When I was 10 years old, during January of 5th grade, I was in the hospital for 3 days. I went there due to difficulty breathing through my nose, as well as my vision fading to blackness and me not being able to see. I was diagnosed with pneumonia, but I remember there being tests on my brain as well for some other problem. To this day, despite having 3 MRI’s since the hospital ordeal, I don’t fully know what that brain issue was. Anyways, in the hospital I was scared out of my mind. I couldn’t stop crying and thinking that I was going to die. I apparently had multiple seizures, all of which I do not remember happening, but my mother tells me they did, as she was with me the entire hospital stay. …show more content…
Finally stepping out the front doors felt so great, the rush of the cold winter air blowing in my face. I felt so happy to be free. As much as I wish to explain all the details of what happened during my hospital stay, I can not as I already have tried and I was way over the word limit. This 3 day stay in the hospital was a time of suffering for me, as I was extremely scared and in misery. However, it had a happy ending as I was released from the hospital relatively quickly. My experience is similar to the story of Chris McCandless. First off, we both had the fear of death at some point in our suffering. Additionally, we both fought hard for our survival. Lastly, both me and Chris were in a new, never before experienced situation, where we both truly did not know what was going to happen. Sadly, the main difference between mine and Chris’s experience was that Chris died after his suffering. Still, however, Chris claims that he has lived a happy