The Forty Sixth One 2/18/24

If you read these please start from the first day.

Nothing too exciting on the moving front lately. Thank goodness it's been just normal days. The crazy days will get here, I'll love every second of it. 

I'm happy to have problems with my business because it could always be worse-I could not be here at all!

I always try to keep a positive attitude and appreciate every day I have on  Earth. In the Winter Break of eight grade I almost died. It started out that I could not use the bathroom for like two days. I then started feeling woozy and told my Dad, he then immediately rushed me to the hospital. The last thing I remember is I was in a red room and looking down I had like what seemed like 50 needles in my arm, then I was gone. I didn't wake up for 10 days. For the first few days I was at Kings Daughters Hospital and they could not figure out what was wrong with me. So they loaded me up in an ambulance and transferred me to Scott and White Hospital, which was only like 2 miles away but is a massive hospital that trains Dr’s from all over the world. The only reason we originally went to King's Daughters is because that's where my insurance was. My Mom told me when they took me out of the ambulance my eyes opened up like I was in shock, but then I went back under. 

After a few more days they found out that I had what is called viral encephalitis which is caused by a virus that is just as random as could be. It's like a one in a million shot; it just floats through the air or water or something and anyone could randomly catch it. I was pretty close to dying. All my relatives came to see me and every single person in my school wrote me a get well card. EVERY SINGLE PERSON. All grades, all students and all teachers. I've always appreciated that. Thank goodness I eventually woke up and they cured me.  I got to miss a few more weeks of school and didn't have to participate in athletics for like six weeks, that was almost my favorite part. 

The entire point of this story is even though it took a few years this event made me appreciate life so much more. Lots of people go through similar stuff and the outcome is different. So now I get up everyday and do my absolute best to use this gift we call life in the short amount of time we have on this big blue marble. Thanks to all the Nurses and Doctors who helped me and thank you to everyone who attended Travis Middle School in Temple, Tx in 1992-1993 who wrote me those letters, they helped me and my family get 

through some tough times.

The Artwork- This was a different one. I think this guy is a DJ who wears this helmet when he performs. It wasn't too complicated to draw and I think it came out pretty good. The skin tone looks good on this one. If anyone reads this and messages me in the next 72 hours I will send you the picture and $50 cash. Time starts 2/18/24 at 1156AM. 

Day 47 and not a word from my family as to why I've abruptly stopped drawing after doing it everyday for a year.