Love Bugs

In 6th grade, at All Saints Catholic School, I was on the JV, A team for basketball. We practiced three days a week for one and a half hours each practice. At the conclusion of one practice, on snowy night, my team and I were doing a backwards running drill and I fell. After I fell, I got up and ran to the bathroom and fell onto the floor. One of my teammates ran out of the bathroom, looking for help for me and looking for my mother. My coach came into the bathroom and asked me what was wrong, I told her my arms hurt. I almost fainted when my coach tried to lift me up to walk, that’s when they knew something was wrong.


My mother then, drove me to urgent care at Henry Ford Livonia. When I got up to the desk the doctor immediately sent me to x-ray, I had several x-rays taken of both of my wrists. Oh, it was a painful night. The x-ray technician told me that both of my wrists were broken. The doctor then sent me to Henry Ford Fairlane Emergency Room. I then had to wait for an orthopedic doctor to cast my wrists. When the doctor arrived he told my mother and I that this was the first time he had to cast both wrists on someone.

As days went on I was referred to a specialist, his name is Dr. Zoltz. I went to go see him for two Wednesdays in a row to see how my bones were healing. On my second visit I was told I had to have surgery on my wrists because my bones were not healing the correct way. Dr. Zoltz wanted to do surgery that evening but only his partner was available that Wednesday night and my mother only wanted Dr. Zoltz to operate on me. So, Dr. Zoltz made arrangements for me to have surgery the following evening, Thursday.

My surgery was scheduled for 5pm Thursday evening. After surgery I had to spend the night at the hospital, and my mom stayed with me. Friday morning, my grandma and grandpa came to visit me and gave me a book called, “Love Bug.” My grandma read me this book because I could not hold it. After she read it to me, my grandma and I started to cry, and she told me how much she loves me and how she will always be by my side forever and always.

“Love Bugs” inspires me to be good, and that I am always loved by everyone. In pain or in good health, I am always loved. My grandparents came to visit me every day and read me “Love Bugs” so that I would remember how much they love me. This book made me feel like a really good person inside and out. It always made me the best I can be and treat people how I want to be treated. I will never forget about how my grandparents told me they loved me.

A few times a year I will bring out “Love Bugs” and have my grandma read it to me. My grandma always loves reading to me, but this one book is her favorite to read to me. She always has a good time reading it; the pop-ups in the book always make her happy.