Category: Writers Block
brianette jennores came in to her room and rested her head on her hands; it hurt horribly. she had taken IV profin, and it didn't help. she had lain down and taken a nap, no effect. it was not just her head that ached either; her neck throbbed as well.
Brianette lifted her head, and walked slowly down to her mother; she wanted more pain medication.
"mother--mother!"
"brianette! hush your noise; I'm busy!"
brianette felt tears of anger come to her eyes and raced away before they began to fall. She decided to lay down and try to sleep again, but she didn't think it would help very much.
The next morning, she woke to discover that her headache had fled, leaving the neck pane behind it, doubly painful.
She returned downstairs, to request some more pain killers from her mother, but as usual, she declined.
"you are playing, brianette lianne! leave and go play or something!"
Brianette retired to her room, her neck hurting her worse than ever now.
she slept for about twenty minutes before being wrenched from the land of slumber once more by a loud voice.
"brianette! brianette!"
"what? it's..." she looked at her clock. "six thirty in the morning!"
"get up brianette!" came the sharp voice ov her mother. "I need your help!"
Brianette tried to lift her head, but it fell back on the pillows. her neck's throbbing pain had returned, worse that ever before. she could not lift her head. this frightened her, as she knew that her mother would not be happy if she did not get up soon.
she forced herself, painful though it was, to get to her feet, and folow her mother to the kitchen. The was set to work on the dishes, her neck still in horrible pain.
she stood it till about mid-day, when her control snapped totally.
"mom?" she asked timidly.
"brianette?" her mother replied coldly.
"may I go to andra's house?"
"dishes?"
"finished."
"yes, be home soon!"
"I will!"
She was free. She raced down the sidewalk to andra's house where she knocked on the door, again aware of the stiff pain in her neck.
Andra opened the door, and invited her friend inside.
"hi--Andra. May I sit down?"
"sure!"
"thanks."
Brianette sank on to the sofa and leaned her neck back against the pillows. it ceased to hurt for a second, but only a second.
Andra brought Brianette some food, which she ate gratefully. Then, after drinking some milk, she told Andra the problem.
"my neck's been hurting for like a day now. My mother won't give me any medications to help...what should I do?"
"hmm..." andra thought for a second then...
"I know! We'll take you to the doctor!" without waiting for brianette's response, Andra ran from the room, to explain the situation to her mother.
A little while later, Andra, her mother, Brianette and Mrs. Jennores walked out of the freezing air into the warm doctor's office.
"We'll see you now, Miss Jennores." the doctor said and led Brianette away toward a back room.
After what seemed like an eternaty, Brianette heard a voice: "we will try the spinal tap." her mother.
Brianette's face was expressionless. A spinal tap? What was a spinal tap?
"Alright Mrs. Jennores." The doctor said and led the three, andra, brianette and her mother out of the room.
"a spinal tap, honey, is when they tap into your spine. or take fluid from your spine. To test if you have meninjitis.
Meninjitis? She knew what that was. And now she was frightened.
"alright..." she replied to her mother's explanation.
They rode, andra and Brianette in the back, Mrs. Jennores and Mrs. Kelley, andra's mother, in the front.
The hospital drew nearer and nearer. And finally, they were entering the doors.
"Alright, Brianette, let's fit you with a wrist band." The woman behind the desk said.
Brianette had a flash of anger in her mind. that was a sentense used on a child. not on a teen-ager.
A little while later, Andra, her mother, Brianette and Mrs. Jennores walked out of the freezing air into the warm doctor's office.
"We'll see you now, Miss Jennores." the doctor said and led Brianette away toward a back room.
After what seemed like an eternaty, Brianette heard a voice: "we will try the spinal tap." her mother.
Brianette's face was expressionless. A spinal tap? What was a spinal tap?
"Alright Mrs. Jennores." The doctor said and led the three, andra, brianette and her mother out of the room.
"a spinal tap, honey, is when they tap into your spine. or take fluid from your spine. To test if you have meninjitis.
Meninjitis? She knew what that was. And now she was frightened.
"alright..." she replied to her mother's explanation.
They rode, andra and Brianette in the back, Mrs. Jennores and Mrs. Kelley, andra's mother, in the front.
The hospital drew nearer and nearer. And finally, they were entering the doors.
"Alright, Brianette, let's fit you with a wrist band." The woman behind the desk said.
Brianette had a flash of anger in her mind. that was a sentense used on a child. not on a teen-ager.
After being fit with a wrist band, Brianette was led into a back room and laid on a bed to wait. she lay there, nurses asking her questions, and then, the spinal tap.
she was given, through an IV, a medicine to make her feel nothing of the spinal tap. She felt, before the feeling of sleep came, a prick. She riggled a little, then in a second, it was over. All over. She was laying over a pillow, and her back was exposed. She mover herself and layed back on the pillows. After about ten minutes, she was awakened, and told that it was time to go. She tried to stand, and fell on the floor, trying hard to hold back a scream of pain. A terrible pan had shot through her lower back and uper legs. She fell to the ground, in a sitting position, and waited for a wheel chair, which the doctors were bringing.
She was lifted into the chair, and wheeled to the car where andra was waiting for her. She hugged her and said, "You ok Bri?"
"yeah mostly..." Brianette replied.
"Great. Then we can go home."
They had had to drive out of the city to get to the hospital, and were going to stop at mc'donalds to have a bathroom break and some food.
Brianette tried again to stand, and fell into the car, again just managing to hold back a yell.
"You need to go to the restroom Bri?"
"yeah, but I can't stand."
Her mother and Andra's mother supported Brianette in their arms and caried her toward the restraunt. But when she tried to sit down on the toilet seat, she really did let the scream escape her lips. Mrs. Jennores and Mrs. Kelley jumped, but stood and helped Brianette.
they made they're way back to the car, and sat Brianette down in the backseat.
Brianette was almost crying when she was returned to her place in the car, and her mother and Mrs. Kelley had a quick talk and decided to turn around. So they did.
Brianette continued to cry all the way back, the pain was so great.
After what seemed like an eternity, Brianette was admitted to the hospital and carried to a bed. She could barely move without hurting her back. She slept fretfully and when she awoke, Andra was sitting by her bed.
"Hi, Bri." She said, as she saw Brianette's eyes open.
"Hi, Andra." Said Brianette, happy to see her friend. Her happiness lasted until she moved to slap her friend playfully on the shoulder.
"Ouch! ow ow ow ow ow ow ow..." She yelled. Andra, startled, jumped up.
"bri, what's up?"
"ouch." Was Brianette's pained response.