As a child, I grew up on a farm. I had to help out any time I had free time. As a young kid that was tough as I wanted to spend my free time with my school friends. My father told me that it is important to help out and make sacrifices for the family. Growing up with this instilled into me I think I became a very good man. When I turned eighteen I had many people tell me that I have the presence of a twenty five year old. That felt good to hear as a young adult because most of the time you don’t receive that respect. An accident on the farm the following year changed my life but regardless I am still a farmer all these years later despite my situation.
The accident that changed my life was not really my fault. It was like any other day on the farm. I woke up and headed to the stables to let the horses out to play. As I got to one of our troubled horses I knew I should not enter his pin without someone there to keep him calm. Unfortunately, no one was on the farm that morning, they were all out running errands. I needed to get him out but he was steadfast on staying in his pin. I did my best to coax him out but he was adamant about staying in there. I did something i knew I should not have done. I stepped in his pin to give him a push. I was petting him to try and keep him calm but he was already mad. He reared up on his hind legs and hit me right in my stomach with his front right hoof and ran out.
The hit knocked me down and took the wind out of me. I knew something was wrong as my stomach was hurting very badly and I could not get up without massive pain in my abdomen. I immediately called my father and told him what happened and he told me he was on his was but i needed to call an ambulance immediately. I did as he told me. After about seven minutes the ambulance arrived and got to me to help me. They put me on a stretcher and loaded me up in the ambulance. I told them what happened and they told me they think i may have a burst intestine. When we got to the hospital the doctor had the same thought but needed to do anx-rayy.
Thex-rayy showed that they were right. The doctor told me that i would be needing an ostomy procedure, more specifically a colostomy. This would procedure would take the reaming operating large intestine and pull it out from my abdomen. The hole is called a stoma,it is puffy and has apink-red color. I was told by the doctor that i could keep doing my work so long as i am carful. If i had another incident like that again things could end up worse
Being a farmer with an ostomy is not that difficult. There are some things that i cant do easily like lifting heavy objects. I am still glad that i can still do my work as my father instilled working morals into me. I am thankful that he did that because I’m not sure what i would do with my current situation. Being a hard worker has definitely helped me forget about my situation. I can do just about all the things that need to be done on the farm. I love what i do and i would not change it for anything.
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