The numb silence surrounded the neighborhood as my head collided against the truck’s front bumper. The blurred sight of worried looks, the beeping of heart monitors, and the drum of CT scans became the realities of my nine year old world, which screeched to a halt as the subdural hematoma spread across my brain. I wasn’t aware of what was happening, I didn’t know why I couldn’t go back to school, and I didn’t realize...

Don't worry, yet! It seems so big and scary,...