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Hattie's Story, Continued (By Hattie Dianne Wilson, aged 16) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Saturday, January 8, 2005
Rated "PG" by the Author.
Hattie, a young teen with JRA (juvenile rheumatoid arthritis) updates us on what has been happening in her life.
You may not remember me, but I have been busy, and things have been happening to me.
My name is Hattie Dianne Wilson, and I am now 16. I am now in the 11th grade at Donelson Senior High here in Nashville, Tn. (where I happen to live), and I am still struggling every day with my illness. I have a rheumatic disease that has affected the joints in my body and because of it, I am often in a great amount of pain. I have something called JRA (juvenile rheumatoid arthritis), and it has affected the joints in my body (in particular, my hands, fingers, elbows, shoulders, neck, hips, knees, and feet). I have it just about everywhere, and because of it, I often have a lot of trouble getting around. I walk with the help of forearm crutches, but on my really bad days, I just use my wheelchair (or I stay in bed, feeling sorry for myself again).
I live in Nashville, Tennessee, with my father, Don, and my two younger sisters, who are five and nine, and I am dealing with the loss of my mother, Jane. She died last summer (back in June) when she developed cancer; and by the time the doctors found it in her body, it had spread, and they didn't give her much in the way of hope. She was in the hospital for most of the spring and summer last year, and it was hard seeing her get weaker and weaker (and knowing that there wasn't much that anyone could really do). When she finally passed, I thought my world had ended, and I ended up in the hospital myself, suffering from one of the worst flares I had ever had in my life. I was in the hospital for nearly two weeks, and I thought I was going to go mad from the intense pain that I was in.
Eventually, though, I DID get better, and I got out of the hospital, but my family had changed. My dad was more sullen, and my little sisters started acting really bratty, and now they are impossible to live with. I am always yelling at them to shut up, and I don't like hearing them fighting all of the time. It gives me a headache, and sometimes I get upset stomachs from their constant bickering. My pain has worsened, and school has become unbearable. I hate all my classes, and if things don't get better soon, I am seriously thinking of dropping out because I can't deal with all the teasing that I have to endure day in and day out. My dad is also drinking now, and I am so worried that he may become an alcoholic because it seems that he always has a beer in his hand upon coming home from his work, and he is always griping at us to do our chores; and he isn't the nice, fun-loving man of old.
Because of mom's sudden death, I didn't go to arthritis camp this year; and Christmas was anything but merry. I got into a major fight with my dad, and he is still acting like he is mad at me. I also got into a fight with my cousins who were visiting from Florida, and all I got for Christmas was clothes. I was so disappointed! I was so glad when school started back up; being cooped up at home was starting to wear on my nerves fast!
As you can see, life for me isn't easy now. I am trying to hang on, but every day, the rope gets thinner and more worn, and I am wondering whether I have the strength to carry on. It seems that the only way out now is ending it all, but I don't know if that is the best option. I just don't know what to do anymore, and I am tired of how crappy my life has become!
A very sensitive and deeply emotive write - sensationally styled words that engross the reader from beginning to end ... superb my friend!!
Best wishes,
Robert
Reviewed by Judy Lloyd
1/8/2005
I have had this since I was eighteen months old and antibiotics help me. Unfortunately Vioxx was dangerous to me. I do find Tylenol Arthritis formula helps. Thanks for continuing to inform through your writes.
stess can add to pain's intensity--believe me, i know. this young girl should find someone she trusts, to talk to and let them know what's going on in her life. now look at me...giving advice to one of your characters, like she's real LOL great writing when the reader is convinced they are reading about a true to life person LOL
A page-turning novel about a relationship between best friends that is interrupted because of betrayal , deceit, sexual promiscuity and pregnancy happens!
A poignant story about letting go of a narcissist in your life. Have you ever been attacked FULL force by a narcissist? It's the closest thing to being stabbed over and over in the back.
You may not remember me, but I have been busy, and things have been happening to me.
