| Well, I don't have much of a story but I will tell you what I remember. I'll start from high school and go forward till now. I went to high school at Hillsboro in Green Hills." kindof a ritzy part of town". It was a good school and I made fairly decent grades. I was in the colorguard for the band, which I enjoyed very much. We went to the football games every Friday night and did the half time show. Then on Saturday's we would go to contests, where bands from all around Tennessee would compete against each other. We did fairly well in the contests. I pretty much ruined all that when I started skipping school and stuff. I started hanging out with some wild kids and didn't want to look stupid if I didn't do what they were doing. The result of that was me failing the 11th grade. My family and me ended up moving to Cheatham County, where I would have went to Harpeth High School, but there credit thing was different so I ended up getting my GED instead. I hated it in Cheatham County, I missed all of my friends. I was working at Save-a-Lot at the time. Thats where I met Lisa. She was wild..she was only 17 and already had a baby. We started hanging out and skipping work, doing drugs and drinking. My parents warned me not to be hanging out with her, but I wouldn't listen, I ended up moving out of my house and moving in with her and her family..which was the stupidest thing I've ever done. I got pregnant in Febuary of 96. It was kind of a tough pregnancy, I didn't eat alot while I was pregnant. Which is kinda funny cause I ate to much before I was pregnant. Which made me look anorexic. The doctor had told me that Austin was not growing inside me and that his arms and legs were to short for his body and his head was slightly large. They did ultrasounds and things and finally came to the conclusion that he was gonna be a dwarf. I was devasted and scared and didn't know what to do. I always thought I would have a normal child. The doctor told me that he was gonna induce my labor, since he wasn't growing. So they did, two weeks early. I went in on November 10th of 97 and had him on November 11th of 97 at 12:35am. I was in labor for 17 hours. He was so little, but he had all 10 fingers and toes. He weighed 3 pounds 8 ounces. I couldn't take him home cause he was so little so he stayed in the hospitals ICU department in an incubator for 2 weeks. When it was time for me to go home, I didn't think I would be able to. That was the hardest thing I think I ever done, was leaving my baby in that hospital. I went everyday 2 or 3 times to feed him. He finally reached 4 pounds and they decided to let him go home, I spent the night there the day before he came home, so I could get use to him. He came home on Thanksgiving Day of 1997. Thats what I was thankful for that day. He is 3 years old now and not a dwarf or a midgit. Just a little small for his age. But he is perfect..HE IS MINE! |
