#Chapter8

"I'm not feeling so good," I tell mom as my insides turn and I feel as if my

intestinal walls are shrinking.

"How do you feel? Where do you have the pains?" I hold my stomach tightly as

that's where it hurts .

"My stomach feels like its shrinking and my head really hurts," I roll about on

the bed.

"Do you think its your period? Should we see the doctor," Mom asks caressing my

back to help soothe the pain.

"No we shouldn't, I guess its just cramps" I say as the pain seems to die down.

"Are you sure?" Mom asks again. I stand up sitting upright,...