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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 3:38 pm
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 10:55 am
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 10:54 am
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Makie-san: So, here's the deal...
One of my friends had recently died. Her name was Rebecca. Now, Rebecca had just turned ten, and was a spirited, nice, happy, but a normal-saucy attitude kind of girl. That's normal though. She was a bit of a wobbly skater, and she wasn't the best of the best, but she enjoyed skating and was in it since she was 4.
Well, anyways. A year ago, Rebecca had competed in Corner Brook and had slipped and fell on her head. She slipped into a coma for 36 hours. But yet, she insisted on returning to skating. She should have been wearing something to protect her head, and helmet or hat or one of those special headbands.. But no.
So, just recently, last Friday, she was skating a normal skate. She was doing crosscuts, stepping forwards, stopping, three turns and-- She fell. She stepped forward, rocked back on her heel and hit her head. Every one, even people who were on the other side of the rink heard her head hit the rink. There was no blood, no bump, no fever. She was perfectly fine. But she claimed it hurt... A LOT. Her mother, since there was no sign she was hurt, had stepped out to call the parents of other kids she would bring home, THEN she drove Rebecca to the hospital. She arrived in time.
The cat scan picked up nothing. They couldn't pick up any blood. The truth was, there was a crack in the back of the skull and blood had seeped in through. At that moment, the blood was too small to pick up, and so, they thought she was okay. However, the doctors kept her up anyways. So, before eight o'clock that night, she was talking to her bestest friends, their parents, her sister and her parents... After eight o'clock, in a blink of an eye, as she sat up talking to every one... She suddenly didn�t know who any one was. Later on, her brain had died... Or really, there was little activity. She could hardly move, she couldn't speak, nothing. The only thing that kept her alive was a respirator. On Mother's Day, last Sunday, they had to take her off the respirator, she couldn't just stay a human vegetable forever. Less then an hour later, she died.
The sad part is, this was the fourth tragedy in their family/third death. So... It's really painful for the family too. As for me, I still smile, heck I'm always smiling, but it's just really upsetting. Whenever any one mentions some thing about a head, or hospital, or blood, or death, I think Rebecca. And it makes me cry, because it's just so sad.
But, she also died happy, or at least she seemed happy. She said, before she lost her memory and anurrism killed her, she had said 'All I wanted to do was to drive around in the car and go to the movies with my friends.' So... if she was happy, it makes me feel better.
And so, even though I wasn�t her bestest friend ever, I still talked to her and stuff, so this really affected me too. And since I also wasn't Ashley or Kevin's, Rebecca's coaches, students, I wasn't talked to by some councilor person. And I'm still pretty upset, a little less then a week later...
This is why I'm announcing a mini-contest.
I will award stars to two people who can make a funny post and make me laugh. This contest really has no deadline. Just until I'm cheered up and over it, you know... So, yeah. If you would like a star, and are feeling witty and in a mood to write a funny post then try and cheer me up/make me laugh. Happy role playing!
Also, I might award a secret star as well! O.O I will say who got this special star at the same time I say who won my mini-contest. Since the rules state I can only give out two stars a week, the contest winners will be awarded their star on a Sunday and my secret star will be awarded the next Monday.
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