My senior 12 months of highschool, I felt like I used to be on high of the world, as I ready to start out a brand new chapter of my life. I had simply wrapped my greatest theater position to this point, and I used to be about to start faculty as a drama and dance main, specializing in musical theater. Then, earlier than transferring to my new faculty, I obtained right into a automobile accident. On the time, docs confirmed I broke my collarbone, however there weren’t every other main accidents. I seen considered one of my ribs additionally didn’t really feel proper, however I used to be advised they have been nice. 

After recovering from my collarbone harm, the ache and discomfort in my rib didn’t go away. The feeling was typically like being on a curler coaster, I might really feel like my abdomen was lifting, and I couldn’t take full breaths. I noticed a number of specialists, however nobody might clarify what was happening. So I went on to school, stored performing, stored dancing, and stored pushing myself. 

However almost 4 years after my automobile accident, my rib was getting worse. There was one thing so jarring about the truth that it was proper in my midsection, within the heart of my physique, the realm that was supposed to provide me energy and steadiness whereas performing. 

I used to be younger, and I had bother advocating for myself, regardless that deep down I knew one thing was unsuitable in my physique. Nonetheless, it was so onerous to know what to do when specialists have been telling me I used to be nice. 

That’s, till the day I handed out on stage. My rib had shifted so it was pushing towards my lung, and I couldn’t breathe. I went to the emergency room, the place the docs confirmed my rib was damaged. They guessed that in my automobile accident, there was a slight break, after which it obtained worse and worse and worse till it was a full break. Once more, they reassured me it might heal itself. However it hadn’t occurred beforehand, so I used to be skeptical.

At that time, I used to be at a pivotal second: I believed I knew what my life was presupposed to be, and I used to be decided to be on stage. However immediately, I used to be pressured to take a step again and be introspective about whether or not or not that was the precise alternative for my well being.