It was all very depressing for me. My parents hardly
paid attention to me and when they did they were tired and
exhausted and got mad at me for no reason. It really hurt!
My brother got out of his coma a month after the
accident, but he still couldn’t talk. He got lots of visitors,
and many prayed for him. Windsor School made a thou-
sand cranes and strung them together because it is said
that a thousand cranes makes a dream come true.
Lewie’s first words were “Ay, carumba” because he
was wearing a Bart Simpson shirt, and a nurse asked what
it said on it. My mom screamed almost as loud as before
and ran to tell the doctors.
When Lewie went home, Windsor had a huge home-
coming and party for him. His homecoming was on TV,
and everyone made a big deal about it. I felt left out and
hurt even though I was happy my brother was home.
When Lewie got home, everything changed. My par-
ents had no time for my sister and me. Lewie had to go to
the hospital for treatments, and we had no time to do
anything fun. All this created a strain on my family’s rela-
tionship, and I found out that my whole family had
changed after the accident. My sister was depressed, my
mom was sad and tired all the time, my brother was not
loud and hyper all the time, and my dad didn’t talk as
much. I didn’t like it at all.
Then things got better. My aunts and grandma either
helped out my parents or did fun stuff with my sister and
me. My bother’s speech improved, and my parents were
under less strain.
Now things are much better. My brother goes to a reg-
ular school, I don’t want my parents’ attention, and Lewie
can do things on his own, so my parents are under less
stress. I know Lewie wishes the accident never happened,
but I think if it didn’t, he would get himself in a lot of trou-
ble because before the accident Lewie got into lots of trou-
ble and showed no signs of slowing down any time soon.