My Son Monologue

“Hurry, get everything around, it’s time to go to the hospital!” my wife yelled. Her water had broken and we were about to have our first child. I was so excited that I grabbed the bag, started the car, and ran around the house trying to make sure that I wasn’t forgetting anything. While I was running around the house, I heard my wife yell, “I’m in the car, will you get in so that we can go.” I ran out, and we were off to the hospital. A long twenty or so hours later, our son, Owen Alexander, was born. The doctor said, “You have a healthy baby boy.” The day that my son Owen was born was one of the best days of my life. I never thought that I would have a feeling of excitement and unknowing like I had with my first son’s birth. Three …show more content…
We arrived at Riley and eventually found the office of the Dr. Bill Beechler. He didn’t tell us much except that he wanted to run some tests on our son and that we could sit and watch as the tests were administered. He explained that the tests were simple and that Colin would not even know that the tests were being conducted. Dr. Beechler also explained that he wanted us to watch so that he could ask us any questions he had while the testing was going on. The first few tests seemed normal to us because they had to do with Colin’s hearing and vision. After the first few tests, I started to realize that our family doctor did not give us a referral to this specialist because he thought our son had hearing problems. The next few tests involved showing Colin pictures and offering him toys to play with to see what our son would do with the toys and to see what he had to say about the pictures. The tests seemed to go on forever, and Dr. Beechler kept asking us if our son’s reactions were the same as his reactions at home. The answer was almost always yes. The testing took half the day, and the words that we heard next would change our