By the end of our trip, my knees were swollen and I was going to the bathroom at least five times per day. After all the constricting questions from my mother and my squirming excuses about how I was fine, I finally told her about my private suffering. We went to the doctor
It took two very long months to completely detox, I decided to go cold turkey. The medications they prescribe to drug addicts to help them detox are just as addictive as the drugs themselves. My legs cramped up so bad that I had bruises from the knots that came up, and no position I put them in helped. I had the cold sweats, I was hot and cold at the same time. I had to change shirts two or three times a day for the first month of detoxing.
It is time for school. You are going to be late. Kate: (coming downstairs) Gosh Mom, do you really need shout? We are in the same house after all. Jessica: I’m sorry honey, it is just that Emily wont eat her breakfast and I have to be at work in 45 minutes, take her to her school and the traffic is insane downtown.
On July 4, 2008, I was dancing with my son one minute and in the hospital emergency room the next. I was extremely scared and the only thing on my mind was what will happen to my kids if I die. That experience changed my life from that day forward. I still worry about reliving that experience in the future. Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease is an inherited disease that is passed down from generation to generation.
He began his day just like any other. He brushed his teeth and turned on the shower. His mother had left him a note on the mirror. It read I know you’ve been sick these past two days but you know that you need to get well before you go back to
Amanda Sechler Eng-111-04 Due: September, 20, 2010 Narrative Essay Final: A Moment in a Rednecks Heaven It is the weekend of September the fourth through the sixth. I am on vacation in Chester, South Carolina with a few friends and my mother. At approximately nine thirty in the morning, on September the fifth, I wake up with an enormous headache. I want to see if taking a hot shower will help soothe my pain. I just knew I was with a bunch of rednecks when I attempt to take a shower, and notice that the only way to turn the shower on is with the screwdriver lying beside the bath tub.
Will they really even change at all? How much longer can I go like this? Can I continue like this? The “down” days are the worst and most difficult to get through. As negative thoughts enter my mind, I try as hard as I can to think of something POSITIVE or I try and do something.
I immediately sprinted back to my house, careful not to wake my family. Creeeaaak. The door squeaked as it closed. I winced. Adrenaline coursing through my veins, I grabbed my old shoulder bag.
Catherine would “forget” to feed him breakfast, and at dinner time he was to stand in the garage or the basement while the family ate. David began stealing food from kids at school just to survive. That didn’t last long, as the school started to catch on to the missing lunches, which led to phone calls from the principal home to Catherine. That led to less food at home for David, as well as many more beatings. David no longer existed in his family, and he was now referred to as “The Boy”.
All three times I went to Little Caesars the service was poor and I went to a different place every time. The first time I went to the store and the service was poor I walked into the store and the cashier didn't treat me with any type of respect. They did not greet me and just said, "what do you want ?" with a mean tone in their voice. I just let it go because maybe he was having a bad day but as I started to order it seemed like the cashier was trying to overcharge me.