Personal Narrative Analysis

During finals week of fall 2014, my grandmother was starting to cook her oatmeal in the kitchen for breakfast. I was upstairs in my room packing when I heard two loud bangs. I was startled and immediately exited my room as did my brother and together we rushed down the stairs into the kitchen. My grandmother had collapsed. She had busted her nose and hit her head on the cabinets behind her rendering herself unconscious. My father, luckily had been visiting at the time, was on the floor next to her in shock as was my grandfather. I was scared but thankfully I had taken first aid the semester before and was able to react instantly. After accessing the situation, we made sure she had a pulse and determined if we needed to render CPR. She had regained consciousness quickly after we had checked her out. …show more content…
I would have immediately called an ambulance but she admittedly was against it. Normally, I would have fought with her on the issue. However, I knew time was critical and if she was going to refuse to be taken to the hospital by an ambulance then we were going to take her. I ordered my father and grandfather to start moving by getting her information and the car ready to transport her. While my brother and I stayed with her and collected more gauze, trash bags and other essentials we would need for the short trip to St. Josephs in cause she got sick. My brother, father and I moved her to the vehicle. I situated her in the backseat, clicked her seat belt, sat with her, held her hand, wiped her mouth when she was sick and gave her assurances that everything would be