I am frightened by the sight of myself as I look at all the cords that are twisting and turning in and out of my body like snakes. A breathing mask is around my bald head as I lay peacefully but not breathing anymore. I see beauty behind the hospital gown and dirty skin. I look to the right of the hospital bed, a red light flashes, like an ambulance, from the monitor. The monitor isn’t going up and down like mountains but is a flat plain of land. Not a pebble on its surface. The moment of peace is ruined by the nurses rushing in. My mom lies across my pale, skin and thin, boned body as she screams in pain but I can’t hear her voice. I hear silence but can sense the chaotic screams of my mother. I realize I can't hear anything at all. Not
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I hands reach my head to find my long golden hair. Pure delight rushes through my body at the thought of finally feeling like myself again. I feel like I have all the energy in the world. I don't remember feeling this good in three years. Three years ago was when I was diagnosed with brain cancer. I remember my mom trying hard not to cry in front of me as we got the news from the neurologist. Soon after I was in the hospital twice a week getting snakes connected to my skin and injecting fluids into my body. I saw my long beautiful long hair fall to the ground until there was nothing left of me but an empty mind, heart, and …show more content…
We enter room. The room that my cold body lays stiff on the bed. I cringe when I look at my face. This is not the true me; it is the me that is suffering but still never gave up the fight. The me that cancer overtook. I look at the right of the hospital bed and see my family. My little sister is sitting on my father's lap. Her head nuzzled in his neck and arm around his broad shoulders. Her shoulders are moving up and down as my dad's neck is soaked with tears. My mother stares blankly as if she is empty and ran out of tears to shed. Father’s eyes are red and water rolls down his face. I have never seen him cry before and it makes me feel
I hands reach my head to find my long golden hair. Pure delight rushes through my body at the thought of finally feeling like myself again. I feel like I have all the energy in the world. I don't remember feeling this good in three years. Three years ago was when I was diagnosed with brain cancer. I remember my mom trying hard not to cry in front of me as we got the news from the neurologist. Soon after I was in the hospital twice a week getting snakes connected to my skin and injecting fluids into my body. I saw my long beautiful long hair fall to the ground until there was nothing left of me but an empty mind, heart, and …show more content…
We enter room. The room that my cold body lays stiff on the bed. I cringe when I look at my face. This is not the true me; it is the me that is suffering but still never gave up the fight. The me that cancer overtook. I look at the right of the hospital bed and see my family. My little sister is sitting on my father's lap. Her head nuzzled in his neck and arm around his broad shoulders. Her shoulders are moving up and down as my dad's neck is soaked with tears. My mother stares blankly as if she is empty and ran out of tears to shed. Father’s eyes are red and water rolls down his face. I have never seen him cry before and it makes me feel