Tire Swing Narrative

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Two days after my 11th birthday, two days after my first season of cheerleading, Sunday, November 21, 2010 was the day everything changed. My life took a sharp turn as I jumped on our new tire swing. Almost all of my family and my best friend came over my house for my birthday celebration. The music was blaring, smiles appeared on everyone's faces, the rooms were filled with laughter and gifts. All the kids were running and and having a blast in the yard playing freeze tag, drawing on the driveway with chalk, shooting hoops or on the tire swing. My best friend, Jennifer and I were on the brand new tire swing. You could even smell that new tire scent as you jumped on and swung through the air. We were having so much fun taking turns pushing each other as high as we could go. That day we had so many laughs. Until it was my turn to go on the swing again. I decided to show Jen a new trick I learned before she came over. She was excited to see what my trick was and i was so excited to show her. I remember grasping the ropes as tight as possible, running back with the swing and taking a deep breath before I ran forward and jumped on to the swing. But when I jumped on the swing I blacked out and lost all memory of what …show more content…

I encountered multiple setbacks during this year. Dealing with headaches, missing more school, and doctor appointments. I got a third concussion during my eighth grade year by fainting and hitting my head on tile. Once again, having to deal with more symptoms, missing school and even more doctor appointments. During this concussion I experienced symptoms that felt worse than my other concussion symptoms. My headaches were worse and my memory was bad again too. Once my symptoms felt more relaxed I was able to go back into my “normal routine” which includes full time school, homework and extracurricular activities. Still having to go through a couple of set backs that year, I was starting to heal from the

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