My "Courage"

     Courage is something really hard to have, especially in front of your parents. Some people might need courage to go onstage in front of people, or maybe even just to get on a state fair ride. But I did not need courage for any of that I needed courage to get through a hard time in life so that my parents would not be sad.

     When I was 12 I lived in Dallas, I was really healthy and loved my life, and I still do. One night I had got really sick, high fever, bleeding, weakness. But the next day it was worse so my mom took me to the hospital they had told me that I was dying that I hold very low count of red blood cells. I was in the Hospital for two weeks. They had put some tubes inside of me because I needed to get plasma exchange.

     That was one of the hardest moments of my life and it was so hard for me, but it was also very hard for my parents to see their daughter in the hospital. The doctors said it TTP Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura- this is a blood disorder that causes blood vessels to form in small blood vessels. I was in and out of the doctor’s officer more than one year.

      It was very difficult for me and I had to have alot of courage to be able to get through this. Not only for me but because I didn't want my parents to see that I was sad and scared, I had to be strong and this has really helped me alot now this was a life changing day for me.