A few days later my family and I drove from Holland to Germany and spent a week there with my uncle visiting shops and shopping centres. We were then driven back to Holland by my uncle.
We then spent Christmas by having a Christmas dinner with my godfather’s family and my own family in Holland. We also celebrated my little sister’s birthday by having a small family party and buying a cake as she was born on Christmas Eve. I had a great time and it was a great party.
The next day we visited the shopping centres and also borrowed two DVDs from a DVD shop. We watched them the next day and then returned them to the shop afterwards.
The following day while playing games on the computer I suddenly fainted. My mother phoned for an ambulance and I was quickly taken to the hospital.
While going to the hospital I regained consciousness and started to feel a large amount pains in my hip. The doctor at the hospital assumed that I had an epileptic fit so she prescribed me some tablets.
However, my mother did not let me take these pills because she was convinced I had not had an epileptic fit.
On 4th January 2003, while waiting to come back home to London I fainted again because of the unbearable pains shooting through my hip.
My godfather said I should be taken to the hospital but my mother said we could not wait because we would miss the plane. So she and my godfather carried me to the car and we drove to the airport.
When we arrived at the airport I was taken back to London.
When we finally arrived at Heathrow airport, I was in so much pain that they had to call for an ambulance and I was taken of the plane in a wheelchair.
I was then taken to the nearest hospital by ambulance, which was St Peters and Ashford Hospital in Chester. I stayed there 2 weeks.
While at the hospital they had an x-ray taken and they found out that I had dislocated my thighbone from my pelvis (basically I had hurt my hip).
I was then moved to the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore. There I had an operation to reposition the bone that had moved form its natural position.
At the time of the operation, I was very scared and frightened but they told me I was to be put to sleep so this calmed me down a little bit.
I was then put to sleep.
Two and a half hours later I woke up and felt a dreadful pain in my hip.
I was taken to my hospital bed and was given some painkillers to ease the pain in my leg.
A few weeks after the operation, I was taught how to use my crutches.
On 8th February, I was discharged from the hospital.
I was on crutches for eight weeks.
I will never forget this incident in my life.
By Oke Adhokorie 11JF
