Courage

Courage is something i admire. If one has courage it shows a part of their character that isn't visible to the eye right off the bat. It takes over coming your fear or a position you've never been in before to test your courage. Just this past August my courage was surely tested. It was a Monday night and my friends and I were hanging out in my room. All of a sudden i hear a screech from down stairs. I bolt out of my room and down the stairs to find my mom trying to hold up my dad. He just had surgery so i immediately thought something had gone wrong. My mom tells me to call 911 which i had never had to do before so i didn't know how to handle it. As I'm dialing, my dad collapses to the floor and is non responsive and white as a ghost. The blank stare on this face is what got me. Not blinking, not moving, nothing. Lifeless. Thinking the of the worst, i told the woman my dad was dead. Heart racing and not knowing what to do i just started screaming and holding my dads hand. I had to give the phone to my mom because i was too shaken up. After about 5 mins my dad starts to blink again and attempts to talk and mumbles that he is ok. It turns out that he was just very very dehydrated from not eating or drinking after the surgery. Easily one of the scariest moments of my life and my courage was put to the test.