My Unexpected Experience Essay Example

uncle, "Let me know what is going on and Brittany and I will be up there later. " He said, "Ok will do. " They left, and about an hour later my sister and I received a text "Dad has pneumonia they're holding him for at least 24hrs. " When we received that text we got ready and headed up to the hospital. When we got to the hospital, we went straight back to see our dad, and he seemed fine.

Since they had him hooked up to so many things such as, three different antibiotics, saline water to keep him hydrated, and they even had him on an oxygen mask to help him breathe better. He was acting so goofy with the oxygen mask on he was quoting Darth Vader saying, "Luke, I am your father. " My dad always knows how to get a laugh out of a situation. It was all fun and games until everyone left me in the room with him by myself. Brittany left so she could get my nephew and get my little brother from school, and my uncle was in the lobby.

All of a sudden three doctors came into the room asking me and my dad all types of questions. By the end of our conversation they told us he was in kidney failure, his white blood cell count was double the amount which meant there was an infection, and by that time it was septic which means it was in his blood. By taking all that in at once I couldn't do anything but cry, so I walked out. As I was leaving

my dad said, "Baby I'm sorry. " I couldn't even reply. When I stepped out into the lobby my uncle asked what was going on, so I told him everything.

He was even getting teary eyed. He tried to go back there but they where already prepping him. I stepped outside, called my mom and sister, and told them dad is bad off. They got up there as soon as they could. When they got there they sat us in a small family room in the back. They told us all our dad may not make it because this is the worst case they had ever seen. His lungs had completely filled up with in two hours. That only brought more tears to everyone's eyes. We all expected the worst, so we prayed and prayed to at least keep a little faith that he would make it.

None us were understanding why this would even happen to him: he never did anything wrong to anyone, he doesn't smoke nor drink, he's only forty, and he's too young to die. All I could think about is how are we going to make it with out him; I just got laid-off; I can't do this by myself. But I'm the oldest so I have to figure out something, and I have to hold down the household while he's down. The first night was the hardest because my siblings and I really weren't able to see my dad, and every time he heard our voices he would try to fight the machines.

So we all vowed to stay in the waiting room till he got

better. The second day he showed a little improvement: he went from a thirty percent to a thirty-five percent chance of living, which only got better every day. By the fourth day they couldn't put a percentage on it because he was doing way better, but he was still hooked to all the machines. By the sixth day they took him off life support and he could finally talk to us. That night we went home to sleep in our own beds. My dad stayed up there for another week and finally came home. God really watched out for us.

Since that experience my way of thinking changed. Life can be taken from you in the matter of minutes. So I live life to the fullest every day. I try not to sweat the small things and ignore the drama. Before my dad was hospitalized I never went to church. Since he's been out I go every Sunday faithfully. Because I really believe God helped my family through this I know, I can really say thi s experience changed my life thank you to all friends and family who came to the hospital to help us through this event and thanks to god for letting him live