My Worst Pain

By Michael

Did this have to happen to me? My head, the blood, the hospital. It all happened when I was about five years old.

I ambled into the family room and saw my older brother, Matt, playing a Super Nintendo game. The game he was playing "Super Mario All-Stars". I was going to play a harmless, practical joke. At least I thought it was a harmless joke. I donÃt know what went through my mind then, but it turned out to be the worst joke I have ever played. So I walk casually into the family room and toward my brother and SNAP!! I turned off the Super Nintendo. That got him pissed.

He started chasing. My younger, twin brother, Caleb, was rooting for Matt, "Go get ‘em, Matt!" he yelled. That made me lose my confidence of escaping my stronger dimwitted brother.

"Move to the left." I thought, "YouÃll make it alive."

Matt shouted," I know what youÃre thinking and youÃre not going to make it alive. ThatÃs when I felt an immense pain take over. It was like a sharp knife slicing and dicing my whole body into numerous amounts of small body parts. I had run into the needlelike corner of a wall. I could smell the putrid smell of blood. Blood was oozing out of the slit in my head. Some blood trickled down my face and into my mouth. I could feel the tasteless blood on my pink, fleshy tongue.

Crying and crying was all I did until my mom and dad came downstairs. When my parents saw what had happened, they were speechless. My mom called the hospital, and my dad tried to calm me down.

While the doctor stitched me up I could here my momÃs quivering voice, "My baby, my poor, poor baby."

When the operation was over, I felt myself being hoisted into the car. As I was being hoisted, I thought to myself, "Oh my gosh, I canÃt believe what just happened. I am lucky to be alive." I said aloud, "DonÃt you guys think I should be careful next time?" I soon fell asleep.

I am grateful for being alive, but not for running into a wall. Thank you G-d for being with me and protecting me. I also give thanks to my family for staying by my side when I needed them the most. Thank you.