Analysis Of The Poem The Accident - 922 Words

The Accident By, Madalynn Gienau â€Å"Come here everybody watch this!† I exclaimed. Everybody crowded around, and I took a running start. I had practiced and practiced and I was now ready to show everybody what I could do. I leapt off the yellow monkey bar platform trying to reach the cold metal of the fourth ring. All I can remember is ending up on the hard pointy wood chips. Everyone was in shock and didn’t know what to do. â€Å"Somebody help, what are you guys doing, look at me,† I said balling. Nobody did anything, they just kept staring. Not even a teacher came. I felt helpless lying on the wood chips holding my â€Å"S† shaped wrist. I didn’t know what to do. Eventually, about one minute later, a teacher heard me crying. Mrs.†¦show more content†¦Kim as she comforted me. I just kept balling. The school kept trying to call my mom, but she was not answering. The school then called my grandma to come and get me. My grandma showed up and rushed into the nurse s office. My grandma removed the cold ice pack from my wrist to see what was wrong. Her and I immediately rushed to her van and started to drive away. While we were driving my grandma kept trying to call my mom and finally got a hold of her. Right as we pulled out of Prescott parking lot my mom pulled in. Me and my grandma turned around and I got into my mom s van and we were now headed to the hospital for sure. While we were driving every bump in the road moved my wrist and it hurt. When we arrived at the emergency room, they immediately took me back and got me settled into a room. The nurse came in and wanted to start an IV to give me pain medication. The doctor examined me and decided I needed X-rays. They wheeled me over to the X-ray room where it was dark and chilly. They then took X-rays of my right wrist. It hurt to have the X-rays done because of the way they positioned my arm. They took me back to my room and the doctor came in and told my mom that my wrist was broken in two places. He also told her they would have to put me to sleep to set my wrist. We waited for what seemed like hours for the doctor to take me to the operating room. It was so hard to get comfortable because it hurt to move my wrist. While