Jodie

=__**All about me**__= Hi, my name is Jodie. I was born in Palmerton North hospital on the 25th of July 2000. Five years later on that day I started school at Waituna West.

On my fifth month there I broke my arm. I got a purple cast. I bet you’re wondering how I broke my arm. Well I was playing at school with Abbie and Lily. We were playing on a rail I fell off and I broke my arm. Yeah. It was as simple as that. I snapped both bones down by my wrist.

On the third night in hospital I sat up in bed and said “mummy” then sat back down again and my face went purple in a matter of seconds. I had stopped breathing. Mum and the nurse started to push all the emergency buttons. A doctor came in and got a sharp knife ready to cut my throat open. Then I started to breathe again. The knife was about an inch away from my neck. So there you have it I could have died at the age of five.

One year later I got a bee sting. My whole foot swelled up. Just last year I had a veruca that got infected. I had to have my foot cut open. I had to have a bandage on for a month. Now I am fine. I am now going to a new school called kiwitea. I am currently one meter and forty centimetres tall. I weigh 32.2 kg. I am twelve. So this concludes my story.

Favourite animal: Horse Favourite colour: Orange