Gains and Losses
To mid om be romondos ano
yey fame cn defo en
and a determined spirit anna,
Ketter Soe
Most of save expend unforgetable momenta
curves, The moment that Iwill never forget
in my family, " ‘ores harpent
For the first fifteen years of my lie, Iwas the only child
in my family. didn't have any siblings. Fortunately, Ive
tions about what my brother was ging to lok ike,
sould eat and When Be was going Be bom.
Hat ne morning, my mother went itt abor and
ia ay father went tothe hospital while went to
sa SPenurse | thought everything would be fine
sett women have babes every day. Thus 1 was
tt see my aby brother ab soon 361g" tothe
a
ra cchoo hen T went tothe hospital, my brother
er ay been born, But my ler wo sil inside the
Sng oom, wile my father waited anxiously out
etter wating for a Tong, time the doctor came out
i ld that ater my mother had given bith to my
nod ey had trouble stopping the teeing. He tod
eet worry, my mother would be ine. The, he went
=.nt the operating room, Seconds later, os of doe-
Facand nurses rushed inside My father and Lwere 70%
oe ac atmigus bythe minute Waiting was very pail
Fra fecause we hd nally realize that anything could
TRappen and al we could do was walk
Tera my mother cameout of surgery. Shelay om the
puts oxygen mask and an IV He skin was ghastly
"pale, and her eyes were closed.
"hom, Mom. ,” Icalled to her, but she didn’t react,
‘The doctor told us that if my mother survived this night
she would be fine. Then the doctors sent my mother to
the intensive-care unit
Inside the room were many instraments for checking,
‘blood pressure pulse rate and heat rate Standing next to
the bed, [tried to talk to my mother, whether she could
hear me or not
“You have to wake up, you have things that you have
rot done yet... You have me, my father and your new=
om san, You cannot just eave us...and you will be
fine... trust me1 wat to death, At that moment, I felt that 1
would lose my mother forever—that she was never going
Many thoughts flashed through my mind. What sould
life be like if the w
Teould only imagine that my life would be fll of d
ness, sacness and hopelessness. would lose my clo
relative, my dearest friend, and 1 would never again hav
the chance to enjay the love of my mother. Remember,
during these fifteen years, my mother was always around,
‘watching over me, no matter what. I could not imagine
how Eas possibly going to survive without her
‘Of course, [told myself that it would not happen, that
he might leave me after thirty, forty, fifty or more years,
Dut definitely not now, not yet. It was too early. I wasn't
ready to let her go
‘Aer I slowly came back to reality noticed that a flood
of ears was running down my cheeks.
My mother survived that night, You can imagine my
great relief when she woke up the next morning,
ted. I gave her a big hug as cried teats of happines.
‘mother told me that she had actually heard the
words that I had said to hee when she was uneonsciow
Three times she had almost stopped breathing, bit sh
told herself to stay alive, for us her family
Later, many nurses sad my mother was incredibly lucky
to survive because she had lost alot of blood, OF course, 1
gave them the most glorious smile, which said tall.
Today, my brother i almost two Year old. On the day
of his birthday, I always remember this unforget
tevent in my life. remember that ma really icky person,
with great parents and a wondertu litte brother.