It was spring night when I lying on the floor. I was sleeping peacefully when Michael, my brother, can up to me and stabbed a screwdriver in my left ear. The house was filled with my screams. My parents, Jessie and John ran into …show more content…
My mother called my name asking how my ear felt, but as soon as she walked in the door, she saw the blood. My mom never liked the sight of blood, so she had my dad look at the bloody ear. My dad then told my mom to get an appointment at the clinic in Faith. I was sent to school for an hour only to be checked out. My mom and I reached the clinic at 10:00 to fill out the paperwork. When my mom was done filling out the paperwork the nurse called me into the room, where I waited for the doctor. When Dr. Eric Ottencacher finally came in he looked into my ear only to find that it was covered in dried blood. After they cleaned out my ear the found out it was punctured.
When we found out, my mom booked an appointment at Rapid City Medical Center. My mom called the clinic immediately. My appointment was the following Friday, but I still had a basketball tournament on Saturday in Rapid City that I really didn’t want to miss. I wasn’t completely sure if I would be able to ignore my ear aches and play basketball, but I wanted to try. Friday morning we left for Rapid to see if I would need surgery. I stayed awake for most of the trip. When we arrived, we were early so they checked into our hotel room at Howard Johnson. The hotel was across the street where I would play