Katie Nuffer:  “Hey Everyone.

It’s been almost 8 months since I broke my arm. Things are still pretty hard, and painful… However I can go out and push through the pain now. I recently found out that whatever is wrong in my right arm is now moving to my left arm as well. When I found out about that, it got me really down. I just kept wondering why things keep happening to me. A couple days of being sad, and depressed I just thought to myself, ‘I can either be sad and make everything twenty times worse, or I can just accept it and not let it get me down.’  I still have some bad days, when I don’t want to get out of bed because my arms hurt so much. I still have days when I just want to cry and feel bad for myself. Every morning when I wake up, I tell myself that I’m not going to just sit around all day, I’m going to go live my life even if I am in pain. There are days when I don’t want to, but I do it anyways. I pretty much just fake it til I make it. It’s so nice being able to go do stuff with my boyfriend, or with my sister, or with anyone. Even if I am in pain, at least I can go out and get my mind off of it.

I’ve actually been able to do quite a bit. My boyfriend and his family invited me to go to Lava Hot Springs with them. It was so much fun; we went down the river, to the hot springs, played lots of games, laughed til we all cried, and so much more. It was nice to get out of the house, and just have fun. I’ve also been able to go hiking, to the zoo, to the gym, to my friend’s house, to my sisters, go swimming, and go shopping. I’m so grateful I’m at the point where I can go have fun, and not have to be stuck in the house all day. I’m excited to be all way better one day.

School has probably been the worse part of this whole thing. Passing the 11^th grade, was super frustrating, stressful, and very hard. I only went to school for the first quarter of the school year, second, third, and fourth I was on home and hospital. Due to me not being there for such a long period of time made the students spend rumors, ask me a lot of questions, and say quite a bit of hurtful things. The two rumors I know of is that I have cancer, and that I dropped out of school. When I heard about those rumors, I got sad but I knew that people are going to think what they want and I can’t really do anything about it. I got asked why I’ve been gone so long, what’s wrong with me, and so much more. I got called a baby, a whiner, self centered, a freak, and a lot more. I tried to let it go, and not let it get me down. Eventually it did, I just kept thinking that I’m not going to have any friends, and that everyone at my school hates me. Fourth quarter I transferred to Valley High School, because I was so far behind, and Bingham High School’s home and hospital is very unorganized and not fair at all. When I transferred to Valley, it was just packets it was easier on my arm, easier to understand, and a lot more organized. I finished the entire quarter in two and a half weeks and got an early summer. Valley took a lot of my stress away, and I just wish I transferred earlier in the school year.

All in all, I’m doing a lot better than what I was 8 months ago. I know I still have a long way to go, but it doesn’t seem hopeless anymore, I can see the improvements, and I can’t wait to back to what I was a year ago.”