Narrative: Final Paper

One day I was sitting in school it was an average day until one of the group home staff came and pulled me out and told me that he needed me to be a third while he took Mikey to the hospital because his bladder was acting up again. I said yes of course because I wanted to get out of school. So we hit the road.

The drive to the hospital was pretty much the best drive of my life because we were just relaxing, listening to music, cruising, and playing stupid little games that Mikey and I came up with along the way. We didn’t really do much besides that but it was freaking amazing anyway I had fun.

When we finally got to the hospital the first hour, literally, was spent in the waiting room, waiting for the doctor to get there and when we were finally let into the little white room we had to wait for the doctor to get all the paperwork. Mike got an IV stuck into his arm. He had tears almost busting his face open as the needle drew blood from the little vein in his arm. When that was over we all got root beer and played video games until the doctor came in and kicked out everyone but Mike.
The staff was nice enough to buy dinner for Aaron and I (Aaron was the other peer with us) while we waited. We walked around for about another two hours until the doctor told us that they were going to keep Mikey overnight. So we left and got back at around 11 pm we went to bed and dreamt about doctors and videogames.

This was a big life changing experience for me because I learned patience and empathy. While Mikey had tears busting out of his eyes I realized that others have feelings and that they feel pain as much as me and that you have to be patient with doctors. It’s not their fault their so busy doing their job!


Gabe