Body Map

Location: Back of right hand
Cause: My memory is a little fuzzy. I remember I was drawing with a blue colored pencil. Somehow, I got stabbed, and the tip of the pencil broke off into my hand.
Diagnosis: Pencil in hand
Treatment: The pencil was in too deep and could not be taken out. A band aid was put over the wound.
Follow Up: The pencil piece remains in my right hand. When I was learning my directions, it helped me remember my right hand from my left hand.

Location: Top of right ear
Cause: My older sister wanted to play drees up. While she curled my hair, her hand slipped, and the metal part of the curling iron burned my ear.
Diagnosis: Burned ear
Treatment: A loud scream of pain (which got covered by my sister's hand so my mom wouldn't find out what happened).
Follow Up: I have a fear of curling irons and am scarred with a dent in the top part of my right ear.

Location: Voice
Cause: My sister thought it would annoy her if I said the word "cool" all the time. She told me if I said it, I would be put in the freezer. I said the word because I didn't believe her, and she put me in the freezer. I promised I would never say that word again.
Diagnosis: Cursed with the word "cool"
Treatment: I drank a large mug of hot chocolate.
Follow Up: To this day, I cannot say the word, "cool" (I can only write it), and I start shiver whenever I hear the word.

Location: Heart
Cause: On the way home from school, my babysitter crashed into another car. Our car went down a ditch (I just thought it was a very dusty road) and ran into a tree.
Diagnosis: Bruise over the heart and alittle scared
Treatment: I received many hugs from my friends and family.
Follow Up: I have occasional memory flashbacks.

Location: Eyes
Cause: Unknown. I was reading a book during school and a dizzy sensation entered my body. I felt light headed and the words on the page became blurry. I asked my teacher if I could go to the office because I wasn't feeling well. On the way to the office I lost my vision and collapsed.
Diagnosis: Vision loss
Treatment: I curled up into a ball and slept for four hours.
Follow Up: The vision loss episodes continued to occur at a guitar lesson, the store, the movies, school (while doing AIMS testing), and the Arizona Historical Society.