My First Stethoscope

Guess what, Story time again!

It was mid-December of 2010. For the first time, I was ordering presents for my family online by myself. This also meant, that I had the perfect excuse to buy something and keep it a secret. I knew just what I wanted too. I had spent a few years lusting over my mother's stethoscope, but had never had the nerve to take it from her bathroom. I spent hours looking online, so eager about finally being able to get a stethoscope of my own. Finally, I settled on a dual head model by Prestige Medical(which was about 15 dollars). I quickly selected the rest of the gifts I planned to give for Christmas and bought everything. I was so excited that night, because I knew that in a few short days, it would be mine.

These few short days turned out to be long anxious days. In my mind, I went through every horrible scenario imaginable: What if the box said the word "Stethoscope" on it? Or maybe it would say "Prestige Medical"? What if my mom opens it accidentally? Or she opens it on purpose?

Finally, after days of waiting, I heard the doorbell ring. I ran downstairs and got the box, thankful that all it said was "Amazon.com". I rushed back to my room with it, explaining to my mother that I wanted to wrap everyone's presents before they could have a chance to accidentally see them.

Once I had locked myself safely in my room, I ripped open the box and removed the other items, revealing my treasure, at the very bottom. It was in a small box, about the size of a medium sized book. I opened it, and grinned, then quickly took off my shirt, to try it out.

I spent close to an hour experimenting with the bell and diaphragm, when my mom called me for dinner, I stashed it under my pillow and quickly gulped down my food, so I could go back to my room. I spent all evening and a large portion of the night listening to my heart, completely fascinated.

These days, I'm not quite as excited about using my stethoscope, but it's still interesting every once in a while. Even though the excitement has dies down, I will never forget the thrill I felt of having a stethoscope of my very own.