The Surgery
By: Matthew Humphreys
I was sitting in the optometrist’s
office thinking about the surgery that I was getting ready to have on my eye. I
was very scared and nervous, because I hate when someone or something gets near
my eyes and I can’t control whatever it is. The reason why I feel this way is
that I thought that getting a surgery would and could
be the worst thing that has ever happened to me in my life so far. Also, I was
in the office waiting for my surgery because of a bump that I had on my eye. It
had been there for about two or three months and it was always bothering me.
The worst thing about that was that my parents didn’t believe me and they
thought that it would go away by its self, but they were wrong.
I saw all
kinds of weird posters and machines that were all around the room. Also I could
hear mumbling and screaming coming from each side of the walls. I really had no
clue why there was screaming but at that point I really didn’t want to know.
The odd thing about being able to hear all of this noise was that it made me
feel safe.
By the time I knew it, I was
day-dreaming at the fierce and joyful thoughts running through my head. I had
no clue what was going on and what was going to happen to me. Then it happened,
my head started racing so fast that it felt like I was in a street race which
would never end. I was so nervous that I had no clue
what to say when the doctor would come in with all of his supplies and would
start the surgery. Also, I felt as if I was on a train which had just slammed
on its breaks because I am so nervous.
Finally the moment came. The doctor
walked in the room with all of his tools. Then suddenly all of my fears went
away and I was no longer scared, and I thought that I would be okay with it.
That’s when I realized that this would be one of the longest surgeries of my
life. I will always remember those six seconds before my surgery took place,
and I will always remember what I had to go through while sitting in that chair
waiting for the doctor to come in.