We are in the autobiography unit in language arts and we read an autobiography about Jerry Spinelli who inspired me to write a paper about my tough time when I got surgery. Getting the surgery was not as hard as the recovery. But here is my story, it might get deep so prepare. When I figured out I was getting surgery, I was scared. I was sad, I thought I was never gonna walk again. I was told how it 's going to help, but we will get into that later. My mom told me and I cried, I cried and cried. I didn 't know what to do because I never knew that I would have to go through the pain I went through. Then came the hospital. I was in the hospital, laying on the bed. They could not perform the surgery that day because I had already eaten. They