My Operation
By Elizabeth Vallejo
When I was little, I had a problem and I couldn’t breathe well. I got very tired all the time, because since I couldn’t breathe well, I had to breathe through my mouth, and believe me, it was horrible!
One day my mom decided to take me to a doctor, and see if he could give me a treatment or something. My mom didn’t want me to have an operation, but after seeing two or three doctors, it was decided that I needed an operation.
I was very scared because I had never been operated before, and they were going to do something in my throat.
Then the days passed and we didn’t know when my operation would be, because my mom didn’t want me to miss class. So finally she decided and every time I was getting more scared, until the day finally came.
Before starting the operation, the doctor explained me everything that was going to happen. All the time the doctor was telling me not to worry, and that it wasn’t the big deal, because the operation was simple and we had nothing to worry about, and that made me feel better and comfortable.
The doctors started injecting me, but they had to inject me in the vein, but the worst thing was that they couldn’t! They were trying and trying, and they pinched me about ten times in each arm, until a nurse saw that it was hurting me, and told me that they would do it after putting me the anesthesia so that I didn’t feel so much pain. That calmed me, but when we were in the room, they started pinching me again and then, when they finally got it right, they put me the anesthesia.
When the operation was over, I was feeling better, but after a while my throat started hurting and I couldn’t eat anything or I would suffer a lot.
The good thing was that my mom stayed always with me. She didn’t leave me alone and she was telling me that everything was going to be ok.
When I arrived home, everyone was very nice to me. My uncles came to visit with presents and little things that said “Get well soon” and that made me very happy. Then my friends sent me e-mails that told me that they hoped that I recovered soon, and that they would help me in whatever I needed.
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