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Carrie Monologue

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“ I’m very sorry Carrie...” is what the doctor said; she knew it was coming, that he was going to say it. “I’m very sorry Carrie; you have been diagnosed with cancer.” Carrie’s mom said, “What’s going to happen?” “We can’t tell at this point, but she will have to be coming to the hospital for awhile now.” the doctor says “Tell me more than that! You should know these kind of things. Is she going to have to stay at the hospital?” “I'm sorry, Mrs. Urban, this is a mystery right now.” I'm still shocked at what he said to me...I’m speechless. What’s going to happen to me? Do I have to quit sports, not go to school, not see my friends? Two months earlier I was throwing up almost everyday and became very pale, became very confused during …show more content…

While my mom was on the phone, I went to my room and cried until I thought I would do research on different kinds of cancer and read books about it. After I started to read and inquest in cancer my mom interrupted me and started to say her sorry, and she wishes she could help. “Mom knock it off, I’m going to be fine, there’s nothing to worry about!” I said. A few days after my dad arrived, we went to the hospital again to get a check up and see what’s going to happen in the next couple of months. The doctor said, “This is going to be a complex surgery to get this tumor out of your brain, so you will be under for about seven hours.” “When is this surgery going to be happening?” I said. “In about three months, so we have to get prepared for you to come in.” I had a very intense look on my face after I talked to the doctor, because of how long I will have to be under for the surgery. Three months later, we were arriving at the hospital for the surgery; as we walked in I started to cry and get more and more nervous. “Are you ready for this, Carrie?” The surgeon asks. I said, “Of course, I want to get this thing out of me so I can live a normal

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