I didn’t feel badly about the way that I had lived, I just wanted more.

I didn’t feel badly about the way that I had lived, I just wanted more.

Because it turns out that people are more likely to die from a wrong turn by a truck than from the embarrassment of unrequited love.

Because it turns out that people are more likely to die from a wrong turn by a truck than from the embarrassment of unrequited love.

begged God not to take me away. I lost my choice then. I struggled to keep my eyes open, but it wasn’t up to me anymore. I stared into the halogen light above my gurney and then let my eyes close, and it hurt.

begged God not to take me away. I lost my choice then. I struggled to keep my eyes open, but it wasn’t up to me anymore. I stared into the halogen light above my gurney and then let my eyes close, and it hurt.

Okay, Dr. Russell, tell my mom and dad that I love them, and tell my brothers and my sister too – my friends, please tell my friends that I love them okay.  Please.  My boyfriend, please tell my boyfriend that I am sorry about the fight and that I love him, and I am sorry.  Please don’t let me die.  I am so scared.”

I felt pretty angry about it – I mean we’re in an Emergency Room, shouldn’t she be wearing something a little more serious? The blue scrubs would have been perfect, you know the kind that say, “You are in good hands, I am a professional,” not “Do you have a tummy ache?”

I felt pretty angry about it – I mean we’re in an Emergency Room, shouldn’t she be wearing something a little more serious? The blue scrubs would have been perfect, you know the kind that say, “You are in good hands, I am a professional,” not “Do you have a tummy ache?”