Katies Story

• Amy Smirniotis, Grade 6
• Short Story
• 2014

I was only three when I got cancer. I was never told I had it till I turned 12. I tried hiding and screaming in my room for months to get rid of the thought I had cancer. On October 15th 2013 I meet my first friend at my new school her name was Belle. Belle and I told each other secrets till she told she had cancer and that she wore a wig because she had no hair. Belle died after her 13th birthday. After that I never went to school ever again. Eventually I went back to school. I became really sick and had to go to hospital for early morning check ups for 2 years then I had to have 4 test a month so I can live longer than I’m suppose to. After a few months my family moved because my mum and dad thought that school wasn’t right for me. At my new school I lost half of my hair. Half of the girls asked if I would ever be normal. I ignored them for the rest of 8th grade. I became even sicker till all my hair was gone, I started to wear a wig so I wouldn’t get bullied and that no one will think I have cancer and give me an even harder time at school. Later on that year my mum, dad and little brother died in a car accident. I had to live with my auntie sue for 2 years till she forced me to move with her to Russia. I never liked Russia it was really bad environment for me. When I was older I went back to Australia and lived with a friend for 1 year till I became sick that I had to stay in hospital till the machine will start to go “beeeeeep”. About a month later I was fighting for my life to never hear “beeeeeeeeep”. That was the last thing I ever heard. I realised I’m living a normal life I wasn’t different.
12 scary hours later I woke up in shock. I have must of live a normal life after all.

By Amy Smirniotis