The Shot That Changed My Life

When I was about 5 or 6 years old I was obsessed with my cat Spike who probably hated me (still probably does). Spike is a smaller black cat that was so jumpy and energetic it was almost like he was a spring that never stopped bouncing. My 6-year-old self-didn't grasp the concept that animals didn’t like to be grabbed and treated as a toy, so naturally, I carried him all around the house like a baby as he tried to get released from my grasp. On one sunny Californian February day, my dad and I were just running around the house and messing around like we usually did and I decided that I should pick up the cat like a baby with his paws conveniently near my face. As I ran down the hall with the cat in my arms, my dad jumped out from a corner …show more content…
I definitely did not expect a giant syringe to be stabbed into my brow bone. As I was on the table arguing about the inevitable shot I would have to get, I finally but hesitantly complied. The moment that syringe touched my scratch, I immediately started screeching like some sort of bird again. The shot was only 6 seconds but it felt like 10 minutes of pain. It felt like when a shot burns, but a trillion times worse. It was like somebody light my brow bone on fire and pressed a match to it. After the horrible pain was gone and my screeching stopped, my whole eye area went numb. After that, she began stitching it up which was a strange feeling on its own. It was like something was crawling under my skin, but completely painless. After the whole fiasco was over, I felt fine minus the fact that I felt like I got punched in the eye. Years later I still have a scar above my right eye which is extremely annoying because it doesn't grab eyeshadow very well so usually the scar will be emphasized. If there is one thing I have learned from this experience is don’t hold the cat like a baby or else you will be traumatized by a