Two tough moments in my life I would completely wipe away from my memory

I know tough times is what makes a man. However, there have been specific moments that have been tough and challenging for me and I would love to not only completely erase them from my memory but as well wish they never occur again in the future.

The first one was when I had malaria in high school.

I already said in my recent post that malaria is one sickness that has always affected me from childhood. This incident happened during my exam at high school, I slept and on waking up, I was feeling weak and i was not myself anymore. At first, I thought it was exam fever but it was actually a plasmodium that has been transported into my system. We where having exam and this time it was more than usual, I couldn't even walk or see clearly. My friends noticed all this and immediately reported to the hostel master who called my mum to come pick me at school with immediate effect.

We got to the hospital and I was diagnosed with malaria . My temperature was about 40°c which was more than the normal 36°c in humans. I was hospitalised for days and lived in the hospital on drip. I don't normally fall sick and i could tell you that was the first sickness that ever made me spend few nights on the hospital bed. While I was on the hospital fed it just felt as if a part of me was dying and I was really praying for fast healing because I couldn't endure the pain I was going through. Later on, I was fine and my brother paid the hospital bills , and I was discharged from the hospital to go back to school. It was actually exam time and I missed my math and chemisty exams while i was in the hospital , which was very sad and tough because I sat for both exams in a separate hall alone.

The second one was when i was searching for admission into the university.

I graduated high school in 2020 with the mindset that i would gain admission into the university straight away. But, things didn't go as I expected. At first,I applied for admissions into a federal University, but I didn't pass their exams so I wasn't given admission into the university. I went for several lessons to atleast sit for my JAMB exams again where my dad who wasn't consigned about my school affairs said he was going to fund my fees to a private university. I was obviously happy as every other students would do , and immediately I went straight to apply for admissions. Luckily, this time I was given, but suddenly this same dad said he thinks I am not his biological child and so therefore he won't be funding my education anymore. The situation got intense that we had to go to court for a Dna test , and it was positive that I was his biological son. I was happy it proved positive but this same situation lead to a divorce between my parents. We are also where we are living currently because of the same issue. I am happy I am in a new university at the moment but that was really an experience that left a void in my heart. It was really a painful situation , i would always not want to think of anymore.

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