Teenage gunshot victim.
On April 18, 2017, at 8:50 pm, while on spring break vacation my uncle was showing off his guns. They were both fully loaded, he kept them in a pair of boots in the living room, and he had taken a gun safety course a month before the accident. He had a .48 and a .22. He was showing them to my uncle while being intoxicated while I was sitting on the couch a few feet away from him. He was not being responsible and the gun misfired, causing the bullet to go through my left thigh, out right above my knee, and right back in below my knee, where it is now residing in my calf. It missed major arteries and bones but it had still caused tons of damage. As I type this I am still recovering. I have nightmares from the event and I have to take physical therapy. I missed prom, couldn’t get my drivers licence, and have to be on homebound for he rest of the school year. I’m trying to be positive and it has given me a new outlook on life but this I know will ruin and change me forever.
