Personal Narrative-Traumatic Stress

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During life or death situations people are hectic and stressed; this causes the situation to feel out of control. I will never forget the life or death situation I experienced on April 28th. It's the morning of my shoulder surgery the sky, was dark and cold. My parents walk me into the hospital where I was checked in and brought to my preparation room. Once I was ready the nurse took me to the operating room, there I feel asleep. When I woke up I was checked by the same nurse and was released to go home. We got home and my grandma was there to help so my parents talked with her while I waited on Haley to come home from school. When Haley came home she watched the video of me waking up from surgery while I ate. The same day was the sports banquet and it was my job to get coaches gift. Since I couldn't go Haley offered to deliver it for me. So she left while I settled down to take a nap. As I was drifting off to sleep I hear …show more content…

My dad tried to explain that she was in a wreck but she couldn't remember it. She couldn't remember the end of that day at all. She said that all she could remember was basketball practice and hanging outside down screaming. The process of her whole recovery was emotional and difficult. She sat across the room from me on the other couch so we could see each other all day. One day she saw me with my sling and thought I was in the car with her. She started crying and we had to explain that she didn't hurt me. After those first couple of days it got better she started to remember little details and she started acting more like herself. We both started to get lots of visitors every day. Our amply and friends brought food, flowers, and little gifts. Haley finally got healthy enough to go to school, while I stayed home for a few more days. About a week later our whole routine was back to

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