Winfield Frederick

2/11/15

English 1101-D362                                  Can I Take a Breath?

Did something or someone prevented you from doing anything,simple things?well something prevented me and that something is called Abnormal breathing.just like father ,just like son,Abnormal breathing runs on my father side of the family from my great grandfather all the way to my dad and now its me.Abnormal breathing is in my blood and I was also born with it.Alot of people thought it was asthma I had but its much worse than asthma.For some reason my father got rid off Abnormal breathing at an early age like 6 years old also his siblings.My father started taking medication at 5 years old and got rid of Abnormal breathing on his 6th birthday.Abnormal breathing can be really difficult due to the effects it have on my life,such  as health issue,first year of school,and my childhood.

First,It all started in my childhood, I was at Chucky Cheese it was my 6th birthday.Me and my friends  headed to the laser tag lobby to strap our gears on and wait for the countdown to go in the laser tag room.I was on the red team others was on the blue team.When the countdown was finish I rush into the laster tag room getting ready to attack the blue team.I saw a blue laser around my area I started to run fast as I can for 6 minutes and find a hiding spot.I started breathing extremely hard and everything around me started to get blurry.For the next 2 minutes I pass out waking up in the hospital not remembering a thing what happened to me.The doctor ask my mom if she have any family members that have asthma.She replied no but my son father had an unnatural breathing she don’t recall the name of  it.She said it not asthma it worse than asthma but he manage to get rid of it at an early age in his childhood.Out of nowhere I started to breathing hard,the doctor call the emergency room,my mom and the doctor put me on the gurney,and I was to rush to emergency.An hour later I woke up in a different room looking around confused.When doctor came back with the result he told my mom I have Abnormal Breathing.

Later,I’m now 13 years old and I have health issue due to Abnormal Breathing.All of those years I have develop a phobia of eating a lot food since thats the only thing I could do.My birthday is going to be tomorrow February 23,2011,everyone in my household knew my birthday was coming and I knew they was going to surprise me.The next day I woke up in the morning and my mom made breakfast for me on my bed singing me happy birthday I was finally 14 years old.Suddenly the phone started ringing,my mom picked up the phone and told me to put my clothes on, she taking me to the hospital.Me and my mom arrived to hospital and was checked in the doctor office immediately, he had some some shocking news for us.He told me that I’m overweight for my age ,I’m at a high chance of getting diabetes and I need to loose weight.Also that theres a new medication that will help control my heart rate while breathing.Me and my mom left the hospital and drove off to home.As my mom was driving we saw a football team in a park.I ask my mom if I join the team.She replied yes and she parked the car.I came out the car and ran to the field to the coach asking if I could join the team.The coach replied yes but I need to complete the 3 month challenge before joining.He gave me the schedule and I ran back to the car with mom.I need to complete the 3 month challenge to join the team.It been 2 months now I was doing the 3 month challenge and there was amazing results.I loss a lot of weight,build more stamina,and felt great about myself for once.The next day I went to the coach and ask him if I could drop out the challenge.He replied yes and told me if I ever change my mind about joining the team you know where to come.I smiled,shook his hand,and left the park.

Finally,My first day of high school I was really nervous and was lost most of the time.Every time the bell ring I would be lost to the next class I looked at my schedule and realized its lunch/recess.When I arrived to the lunchroom to eat at a table a group of older guys and one tall girl surrounded me.They asked if I want to play for the basketball team I replied yes for junior varsity though.They told me after the last bell ring go to the coach office room 212 and get a physical.The last bell rang I rushed to the coach office to get an physical.When I got the physical I looked at it and I know it was going to take a lot steps to complete it.I rush home and ask my mom if she could take me to my doctor to get my physical done.My mom said yes and she told to me to get ready.As me and mom arrived at the hospital we was checked in the nurse room too get my height,weight,blood pressure,and my temperature.The nurse was finished and give me back my physical.Me and my mom went too see the doctor to see what else I need for my physical.The doctor went through our physical and said I need to pass my EKG test then my physical done.When I took the EKG test the result came out on a piece of paper stating that I failed.I was extremely mad and I know I was going to play for the team.The doctor told me don’t be mad by next year you should be able to breath normal. My mom told me don’t be sad because I changed a lot based on my appearances and health.I looked at my mom and smiled.

Abnormal breathing had an impact on my life based on my first year of high school,my childhood,and health issue.Abnormal breathing was a challenge for me I didn’t see myself overcoming it especially when I had to do the 3 month challenge and also to try to loose weight so I could dodge the chance of having diabetes.Even though Abnormal prevented me from a lot of things I’m grateful for my mom being by my side and becoming a different person during these obstacles I went through.Im overall Abnormal breathing could really be difficult and the only way to overcome it is to challenge yourself.