Personal Narrative: Guillain-Barre

Seven sad faces full with tears and no hope sit around a kitchen table. I stare blankly in my dad's eyes as he says, “Your mother is very sick, she's in the hospital with a rare neurological disease called Guillain-Barre.” My initial reaction was really nothing, I didn't know what to say or do in such a tragic situation. My heart hurt but my mind felt empty. Being only 12 years old at the time it was hard to understand the situation. It seemed like just yesterday we were running and biking on the local trail and now it felt like I might never get to do that again with my mother. I became overwhelmed thinking about life without her teaching me and helping me grow up. As the days passed life became extremely difficult. It seemed like my mom was only getting worse. When we got the news that she was moved to the Intensive Care Unit, my siblings and I wrote her letters to make her feel at ease with the idea of death. We reminisced about our favorite memories with her and drew her pictures which only made it harder to say goodbye. Visiting my mom in that fragile state made it clear that I had to develop independence and learn how to live …show more content…
In a matter of few weeks she was back home. To have her back made the sky a brighter blue and the sun shining warm. During the years to follow she would be in and out of the hospital due to relapses, but I was happy to know she's was going to be okay. Although she was back, I still remained independent. She had to focus on getting better and I couldn't rely on her to do everything for me. For example, she was unable to drive and there were times me and my siblings had to walk to school. Furthermore, it was hard on my mom because my father ended up moving to new Hampshire and our house became foreclosed on. She became a single mother of 6 kids unable to get a job due to illness. Clearly, she had a lot to handle so it was important that I was able to take care of