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Personal Narrative-I Wasn T Ready To Say Goodbye

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I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye Clinging to life began for me and my twin brother with a botched delivery, as preemie twins given less than twenty percent to survive in the outside world. Growing together all those months then separated after birth, a hospital wall between us. We were unable to touch, to feel each other, being strong together. What were those doctors thinking? We were each other’s comfort. I was the stronger one, he was the weaker. I was the fighter, pulling out life giving tubes, causing alarms to blare and utter chaos. Maybe I was just rebelling, feeling abandoned by my womb mate. My brother, with his laid-back attitude, was just content to be fed and grow stronger, well that’s what the doctors said. Mom said she would always talk to us giving both of us both updates about each other numerous times a day, reminding us to breathe and thrive. Because of our botched delivery I suffered the most serious brain bleed, Grade IV, while my brother’s diagnosis were immature lungs. Mom was advised by the doctors to have me removed from the ventilator, they believed I would not have any quality of life; she refused to give up on me. My brother was continuing getting stronger; his lungs maturing, while I had to undergo lifesaving brain surgery to combat ongoing hydrocephalus. Only then was it revealed the doctor …show more content…

My siblings weren’t lost in a war proudly defending our country they were lost in life’s cycle. Sadly, a reality of life, there is no genie in a magic lamp to grant me three wishes, for I would value that opportunity. There is no remedy to breech the gaps in my heart, yet life continues, and sadness is relentless. I often wonder when it will stop hurting? The ache, the emptiness in my heart I have been feeling for the past eighteen years. Maybe time has somewhat deadened my pain as I smile with every achieved milestone; I can only

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