On Monday, my first day back, my friends were SO happy to see me. They surround me in a bubble shape to protect my still fragile back, and one of my friends goes in the elevator with me (Either E or L). I get to leave for lunch early. I have a rolling backpack. An elevator pass!! When I got to band, the boy who had gotten 2nd chair (he had gotten 1st chair for my surgery reasons), wanted to sit in 1st chair Clarinet, but I joked around with him about how I had gotten first chair clarinet, and it was under certain circumstances when he got my chair. He jokingly gave me a glare as we got our stuff out. On Tuesday in Band, my friend R mentioned that the reason she wasn’t here Monday was because of her scoliosis. Her’s had gotten bad enough for a brace. I gave her a soft hug and told her it would be okay.
On Monday-Wednesday, I came in for a 9:00am-12:15pm session which included Band, Math, Lunch, and then more Math. Thursday-Friday I was there for a 12:15pm-3:30pm session which included English, Science, and Social Studies. On Thursday, though, we had a field trip to our local high school for a Star Gazing activity. Half way through it, though, My back started to hurt pretty badly, because I was moaning quietly, but loud enough for my friends L and K to notice. They asked if I was okay. I told them, “There isn’t anything we can do about it now, but no.” On the bus, they wanted to tell my Math/Science teacher that I was hurting. I waved it off, but it was bad enough later in Science that I had to call Mom and go home. I later rested in my room and the pain eased up.
Friday, I was there for the entire 3hrs 15mins. My English Teacher was glad to have me back. Saturday, yesterday, we went to a scoliosis support group almost 2hrs away! My back didn’t start to hurt till we were at our hotel. It was just Mom and me. We had a lot of fun. So that’s my first week back to school at a glance!!
-Titanium Girl 😀