Personal Narrative: My Mom's Surgery

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I was in the hospital with my mom and the doctor said that I might need to get my tonsils and adenoids out. He said he wasnt sure without looking at my throat better so he told my to open me mouth. He sprayed this brown liquid in my mouth them before I knew it, he took a tiny camera with a tube in it and he shoved it down my throat. He didn’t tell me what he was doing or anything, he just shoved it in my throat. The camera worked though because you could see my throat and everything he needed to look at. He soon realized that I needed to get my tonsils and adenoids out.
We went to the doctor’s office the next week and I got ready for the surgery. The doctor made my mom sign a bunch of papers that made sure it was ok for them to do this and

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