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I Am I About My Family And Friends

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One in a Million Hi, I’m Ross Green. When I was 7, something tremendous happened. It changed my life forever. I am lucky for what I have. Family and friends. Although I will be in a wheelchair the rest of my life, I’m lucky to still be living after what happened. Here’s the story. “Wanna come with me?” Mom asked, “I’m going to the grocery store.¨ It was easter morning. My mom was going to the grocery store to get some orange juice that she forgot yesterday. I mean really, you can’t have easter without orange juice! ¨ Sure. I’ll go.” I was bored. I had already collected my easter eggs so why not? I regret this answer and I will forever. We went to Whole Foods Market, a block from our house. We got my very favorite brand. Simply Orange, …show more content…

Suddenly I forgot. I forgot who I was with. I forgot what I was doing. I forgot where I was. I didn 't know what day it was. All I could think about is the pain I was in. I saw my mom. Her face was red and tears rushed out of her eyes. That made me hurt even more. People were pulling me out of the car carefully, trying not to hurt my unknown broken bones. At least this is what the doctors told me. They brought me into the ambulance. I was unconscious to its max level. I 'm not sure what happened next. I spaced out, my head hurt, and my ears were ringing. I went into the emergency room. Many people were crowding around me. They were rushing and talking fast. They pushed me to the X ray room, laying me on a flat table with a body scanner up above me. I was scared I didn 't know what was going on, unconscious. I pass out. Part 2 I woke up, laying in a bed that wasn 't mine. I was tired as I had ever been. I was in the hospital. I was not sure how long I had been sleeping or passed out. My mom was waiting for me to wake up. Her eyes were red and splotchy. “Twenty-One Hours.” Mom said, “You passed out for twenty one hours. You had mageri surgery.” “What?!” I couldn 't believe what my mom was telling me. I sat up. Something was wrong. Very wrong. I couldn 't feel my legs. I couldn 't move my legs. I was scared. I didn’t know what to do. When I was out I didn’t know what was happening. It felt like I was going through a tunnel. I

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