Atage14，15and16，thewaywelookedwasthemostimportantthingintheworldtous．MyfriendsandIwantednothingbutperfection．Inhighschool，wejoinedthegymnasticsteam，andour（41）___becameevenmoreimportanttous．Wehad

　　Atage14，15and16，thewaywelookedwasthemostimportantthingintheworldtous．MyfriendsandIwantednothingbutperfection．

　　Inhighschool，wejoinedthegymnasticsteam，andour（41）___becameevenmoreimportanttous．Wehadnofat，onlymuscle．Ontheweekends，wewouldgotothebeach，（42）___ofourflatstomachs．

　　Onesummerday，allmyfriendswereatmyhouse（43）___．Atonepoint，Iwasrunningbacktothepool．I （44）___onabee，andwhileitwasdyingundermyfoot，itstung （蛰） me．Iinstantlystartedtofeel （45）___．Thatnight，Ibegantorunahighfeverandmylegandfootwerered，hotandswollen（肿的）．Icouldn'twalk．Icouldbarely （46）___．

　　Whenmyfootstartedtogonumb，everyonebecamemore （47）___．Myfootwasnotgettingenoughblood．Ihadtogotothe （48）___，andmyleghurtasifitwerebadlybroken．Icouldn'tmove．AllIcoulddowastothinkabouttowsoftmymiddlewasbecoming．That（49）___memorethananyconcernovermyleg．

　　Then （50）___theshockingnewsthatdoctorswereplanningtocutoffmyfoot．Myfootwasstillnotgettingthe （51）___supplyitneeded．Thedoctorswouldhavetospeeduptheirtreatment．

　　NeverbeforedidIhavesuchgreat（52）___formyfoot．Andwalkingseemedlikea（53）___fromthegods．LessandlessworldIwanttohearmyfriendstalkabout（54）___andwhowaswearingwhat．MoreandmoreIexpectedvisitsfromotherkidsinthehospital，whowerequiklybecomingmyfriends．

　　Onegirlcametovisitme（55）___．Everytimeshecame，shebroughtflowers．Shewasrecoveringfromcancerandfeltsheshouldcomebackand（56）___theotherpatients．

　　Shestillhadnohair，andshewasswollenfrommedicinesshehadbeentaking．Iwouldnothavegiventhisgirlasecond（57）___before．Inowlovedeveryinchofherandlookedforwardtoher（58）___．

　　Finally，IwaspickingupandsoonIwenthome．Mylegwasstillswollen，（59）___Iwaswalking，andIhadmyfoot!WhenIwouldgobacktothehospital，Ioftensawmyfriend．Shewasstillvisitingpeopleand（60）___happiness．Ithoughtiftherewasanangelonthisearth，ithadtobeher．

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