Once upon a time, I was an 8 year old girl who was taken to the hospital for a routine tonsillectomy. Or so I thought.
My tonsils were removed as planned, and I was sent to a room in the pediatric wing overnight. I was scared to death. I remember crying when my mom and dad had to leave. I was hurting, and I needed my mommy.
It all started to go wrong when I began to vomit blood, and the doctors freaked out. They rushed me away on my hospital bed somewhere and what they did to me, I will never, ever, ever, ever forget.
They forced my arms to my sides and bound them firmly with a sheet, in a makeshift strait jacket.
I was completely immobilized.
They injected an extremely long needle directly into my throat in order to give me a local anesthetic.
My eyes were wide with terror, and I was crying.
Then they began to give me stitches in my throat and I saw the needle coming in and going out, over and over and over.
My face was flooding with tears and I was struggling. They yelled at me, “DON’T MOVE!” then continued with the torture.
I still can’t erase the lasting effects of that trauma, and I completely panic if I’m held, restricted, or confined in any way.
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Horrible. Your parents must of been so upset over this, I know I would be.
I honestly don’t recall their part of it at all. Surely they were.
Oh. My. God. How absolutely horrible! I want to cry for your 8-year-old self.
You’re so sweet!
what a horrible experience for you to have to go through. Hugs
Thanks, friend! You can give me that hug in Florida next month.
Oh my, what an aweful experience! Thank goodness medicine has come a long way since then! Hopefully you will someday work through some of your fears! I must say that feeling of loss of control is not so great for me either and I can’t blame on a horrific experience. Thanks for sharing!
It’s not something I think about on a daily basis, thankfully. It’s just that it’s creating an unconscious reaction to similar situations. Even if a hug is too long, I’ll start to panic. I’m glad medicine has changed a lot since then too!
Oh – you poor thing! That sounds so frightening!
It was. It really was!
Oh my God. That is terrifying.
So true. No child should have to experience that.
Gosh, I wouldn’t handle it..
Probably not. I know I haven’t handled it well.
Oh my word! That is horrible!
Couldn’t they have knocked you out quickly enough to handle that?? Eek. :-/
That’s what gets me. It really wouldn’t have taken them more than a few minutes to sedate me, and then I wouldn’t have to carry all this baggage with me through my life!
As a mother, I’m ticked thinking about it happening to my kid. I’d be irate. I am so sorry you had to go through that! What did your parents do when they found out?!
Oh my goodness, that is awful. SO sorry you had to go through that.