A Personal Emergency Story

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In this paper, the writer describes her own medical emergency and the events leading up to the emergency. She describes the abdominal pains she suffered, the worsening symptoms, the false assurances of the doctor about the ailment, and the eventual visit to the emergency room. The writer reveals that, at the hospital, it was found that she had a sever kidney infection and had been within hours of losing her life. The writer then reveals that, from this experience, she acquired a new appreciation for her mother.

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"Emergencies can occur suddenly in life or they can build to a climactic moment in which a person suddenly faces a desperate situation that must be resolved. At the young age of 28 I did not believe that I would be faced with a life-threatening situation. This was because in my mind serious health issues were only faced by the elderly and besides which, I thought, I had too many other things to do than be concerned with something as trivial as my health."
"At 28 I had a job, was consistently called upon to assist my family with various tasks and had an active social life. I rarely slept, ate whatever and whenever I could and coffee was my normal liquid nourishment. It was during that year, however, that I began to experience abdominal pain that was extremely severe; yet, only occasionally."

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