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Life Changing Moment : What Is A Life Changing Moment?

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Life Changing Moment On Tuesday morning November 8, 2016, I woke up with extreme pain in my lower abdomen. When I got out of bed I was dizzy and had a hard time walking. I made it to the bathroom and sat down on the toilet. When the pain did not start to feel any better, and all I could see was black I yelled for my mother. When my mother got to me she just stared at me and asked me what was wrong because my head was hanging and I could not speak. When she lifted my head, she noticed my face was very pale and then I passed out. At this point she called for my father and when he saw me he said we need to take her to the hospital. My father carried me to the car and they rushed me to the hospital. On the way to the hospital I was lying down in the backseat crying and screaming in excruciating pain, and did not know where I was. My then, twelve-year-old brother began to cry because he had never seen me in so much pain. When we arrived at the hospital my father carried me through the emergency room doors and the emergency room staff got me a wheel chair. By this time, I was still in pain and lucid. My mom gave the clerk the minimal information needed, described my condition, then I was immediately taken to an examine room. The nurse pushed me to a room in the emergency area. This room was not like the regular hospital rooms. This room did not have a door it just had a giant curtain to separate the room from the hallway. When they got me in the room the nurse assisted me from the wheelchair to the bed. The pain was still severe and I could barely lay still. The nurse kept telling me that I needed to be still so she could get accurate vital signs. It was difficult to be still with the pain I was experiencing. Immediately, the nurse asked me questions such as “where do you hurt?”, “how long have you been hurting?”, and “when did the hurting begin?”. I answered those questions as precisely as I could, so the nurse and doctor would have a better understanding of what was happening. While the nurse was asking questions, another nurse was sticking probes on my chest and connecting them to a machine; they were doing an EKG (electrocardiogram). After this the nurse gave me an IV (intravenous therapy) for them to

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