Personal Narrative: A Short Story

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When I was in seventh grade and I had to get a tetanus shot. I was scared to death of needles but I had to go. I get in our car and we go to a place that I can’t remember the name of. I go in and wait my turn to go they call my name and I am super scared. There was a sharp pain like a knife that was turning in a circular motion in my right arm and then it was over. “Is that it? I asked and it,was a yes. My arm started to feel numb and I felt like I was going to throw up.

As I sat down in the waiting chairs I passed out. When I was “asleep” I was on my bed and petting my dog. I woke up with a bruise on my head and the ambulance outside and paramedics looking at me. They told me I had a seizure and My mind raced and I kept thinking I was going to die. I get in the ambulance and I get a lot of blood drawn from me and I feel weird. After an hour they said they didn’t even know why I had a seizure in the first place. When they drew the blood though it felt as if the world was mocking me like a bully that was tormenting me.

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We went inside and I was scared. There was this nice lady who sat me down in a recliner which was super comfortable. She had to put these things in my hair and then I got to take a nap. I woke up and there was a light that was flickering in my face. After that we got to talk to a doctor and he said they didn’t know what was causing the seizures and that’s when I cried because they said if the medication didn’t help I wouldn’t have a chance at living by myself,can’t drive and I can’t even swim. I might die at an early age as well so I was very angry that they didn’t know what it was, They are doctors they are supposed to know what’s going on so what the heck is going on what I kept thinking in my

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