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Cutting My Head On A Hammock
Cutting My Head On A Hammock
Cutting My Head On A Hammock
I was at my Aunt Lisa’s house, swimming and playing hard. When I got
back in the hammock, the rope broke and a metal clip swung around and hit
me in the head. THUMP! I had hit the ground. I quickly put my hands over my
head. I first looked at Austin, Aliyah, Miracle, and back at the hammock. All
I could see was the house, the grass, and the woods. And when I had taken
I went in the house and told, Aunt Lisa, “I’m bleeding! My head is
bleeding really bad!” Aunt Lisa grabbed a wash cloth from her closet and got
wet from the faucet and then put it on my head. ” When you cut your head,
how long did it hurt?” Lisa asked me. “ Not very long” I replied. 5-10 minutes
“How are you not freaking out right now Lisa?’’ Mom asked
Dad told me to take the washcloth off, so I did. “How bad is it?” Mom
asked Dad. “We are going to take her to the doctor to have them look at the
cut. They are probably going to stitch it.” Dad told her.
We got in the car and left. At the doctors I would not go in the room.
‘‘Why won't you go in? Mom asked. “Do you want them to take the IV machine
out of the room?’’ Mom said. I shook my head yes. ‘‘Can you please take the
IV machine out,” Mom asked the nurse. ‘‘Yes!” said the nurse. We sat down
on the hospital bed. A few minutes later the doctor, who was a girl, came in
the room where I was. She looked at the cut. “She’s going to needs to get
that cut stitched up” the doctor said. I started to cry. Mom asked if we
could use some medical glue instead. “Of course we can, anything to make her
all fixed up and to make you her happy little one,” said the doctor. After the
“Hey Sis do you want to come with me and your father to say goodbye
to Trinity and say sorry to Trinity’s mom for her loss,’’ Mom asked me. “What
do you mean mom’’ I asked. “I mean do you want to go to Trinity’s funeral”
Mom replied. “ No I do not. That will just make the sadness even worse” I
said wailing. So on their way to her funeral, before dropping me back off at
Aunt Lisa's house to play with Miracle. I did not go in the hammock or the
pool because the doctor said that I can’t get my head wet. So instead I went
inside and watched TV downstairs while mom and dad were at Trinity's
funeral for about 20 minutes. After they were done at Trinity's funeral
they came to aunt lisa’s house and picked me and Aliyah up and then I went
And so after that horrible day of cutting my head we had left the
house to go to my grandma’s house and went swimming but since I could not