Kinsley Dawn
10
With no one
Feeling sad and
frightened
At the front door
Looking backwards toward the social worker, Anne, Kinsley Dawn smiled slightly. She turned away from the older lady who was down at the curb by the car, set down her guitar case and knocked gently on the large door in front of her. Kinsley straightened herself out, holding back tears from everything that had happened throughout the past week. She picked her guitar back up, took one more large breath, and tried to keep a straight face.Kota
5
With no one
Feeling energetic
In the living room
Kota heard lots of coughing and footsteps from the hallway outside the door, so he shut the trunk, stood up, and ran to the door. He used too hands to turn the door knob, then ran down the hallway the where the girls room is. He heard a lot of coughing, one of the older boys, and saw Lizzie in the hallway. He stayed back, knowing not to get involved, then slowly climbed down the stairs and went to the living room.Addie
14
With Adien, Mom, Kelsey
Feeling cold and sick
In her dorm room
Adley struggled with swallowing the water, then finally managed to get it past her slightly swollen throat. After letting her head fall back onto a pillow, she let out a small moan right before she began to cough for a little while longer.
Adien
14
With Mom, Kelsey, Adley
Feeling nervous
In Adleys dorm
Aiden quickly backed away, letting Kelsey and Mom do their work. Adien then walked out of the room, sitting on the floor right beside the door. It hurt Adien when his twin hurt, and he couldn't take the feeling much longer. ((I'm going to wait to actually write responses for my charries, but the illness I am thinking of is lymphoma disease. To be precise, Hodgkin Lymphoma. It is the third most common type of cancer among children and adolescents. It is treated by simple combinations of radiation and chemo therapy. The signs include fevers, rapid weight loss, swollen lymph nodes with or without pain, tiredness/lack of energy, etc. It often is overlooked at first, since the symptoms are closely related of that to influenza. I was thinking, maybe Adley should have this, but at first people think it is a flu, but later find out it is lymphoma?))