I know that I'm supposed to post chapter 6 tomorrow, but I just wanted to post it tonight XD so here it goes!
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Chapter 6 - Hospital
While I was laying there I all of a sudden felt very sleepy. Wondering what was happening to me, but I didnt have any idea. The only thing that came to my mind was Death. I kept asking myself Is this how death feels? over and over again even though I knew I wasnt going to get an answer.
My dad didnt know what to do. He couldnt just stand outside the car looking at how bad my body was, yet that was all he could do because everytime he touched me, I would felt this horrible pain.
A few minutes later, this lady came and told us that she was a nurse and that she could help me. She told my dad not to move me because it could be dangerous. I dont recall exactly what she did, but she helped the pain go down which was really nice of her because it was an unbearable pain.
Finally the ambulance came! I felt so relieved! They took me out of the car and rushed me inside the ambulance. It was raining and cold outside especially because it was night. Once I was in the ambulance they ripped my clothes off and started to clean all the blood from my body. I asked them if I could sleep because I was really tired, but they said no. I heard some crying and I thought it was my sister, but it was my mom. I didnt even see her arrive. My mom was my hero and it hurt me a lot hear her crying because I couldnt imagine how much pain she was going through. I had my eyes closed the entire time because I was so sleepy. I tried to stay awake but it was almost impossible. It was like trying to sleep when youre not tired. As I was falling asleep, everything seemed to calm down. The sirens started to get quieter and quieter, as if I had some gates in my ears and they were starting to close. I couldnt move, talk or hear. I felt like I was getting closer to death until I heard someone say Are you still with us? and I could barely say yes.
I fell asleep for about 2 minutes and when I woke up I was already in the hospital. I closed my eyes because I couldnt see, I thought I was going blind. At that moment I felt like everything was over. No more T.V., no more soccer, no more anything. My broken hand was on my chest and it was sliding off, I tried to keep it from falling but I couldnt move it a bit. I was so scared because I thought it would completely fall apart from my arm and so I started to scream My hand is falling! Someone help me! Its falling! then someone finally put it closer to my neck which kept it from falling again.
That was my last memory. I fell asleep for days, according to my mom. I finally woke up and saw my sister and uncle looking at me. I didnt know what day it was or where I was. I asked my sister if I missed the quinceañera and she said no, that it was in a few days. She also said that the quinceañera might be delayed because she knew how much I wanted to be in it.
I knew I was still in the hospital when I saw the IV on my left hand (which wasn't the broken one). I wanted to go home because I felt insecure in the hospital. I was scared that the building was going to get caught on fire for some reason or that someone would come and try to kill me like they do in movies.
My mom then came into the room with my step-dad and asked me how I was doing and I told her I was doing fine. She then grabbed a chair and sat close to me. I asked her to turn on the T.V. because I wanted to watch cartoons. Before she changed the channel, I saw a commercial where this kid was holding a big stuffed animal. I asked my mom if she would get one for me. She replied with a "Yeah" and and asked if I wanted anything else. I was surprised because she would normally say No, its too expensive or Why would you want that? but I knew she was just doing it because she was scared.
I had always thought my mother didnt love me because she would never get me anything, but at this moment I knew she truly did love me. I was so happy because now I could see perfectly fine and my mom was being nice to me. At the same time I was sad because I was on a hospital bed with broken bones.
When a nurse came to check on me, I asked her if I could go home. She looked at me with a sad look and told me no because I was severely damaged and that I had to stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). I got scared and asked her what parts of my body were damaged. She said that I broke my left leg and right wrist, damaged my spleen, had a lot of stitches on my face, neck and a big cut on my right shoulder that wasnt stitched for a reason that I cant recall. I got scared because she was describing a monster.
I couldnt believe that one car wreck did so many things to my body. Before the nurse left, I saw her talking to my mom. I asked my mom what was going on and she said that I wouldnt be able to leave the hospital until next week. I told her that the quinceañera was in a few days and I didnt want to miss it. She said that they would change the date of the quinceañera because she would feel bad going to a party when I was in bad condition at the hospital. It made me happy to know that I wouldnt miss the quinceañera.
Five days later I felt so much better. My arm and leg were still hurting, but it wasnt that big of a deal. When the nurse came to put a cast on my arm, I asked her if I could leave that same day to my house because I was feeling so much better. She said that she would ask the doctor and tell let us know.
An hour later she came to the room with some papers and told my mom to sign them so I could be released.
