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Personal Choice Shelby Crockett On Wednesday, December 23, I got braces. I got them on and then went Christmas shopping. About two or three hours later, the braces had me in excruciating pain. When I got into the car, I started to cry they hurt so much. I couldn’t even eat with them because it hurt too much to chew. The next day was Christmas Eve, and the braces still hurt a lot. My family and I always go to Christmas Eve mass, and I’m always an alter server. Well this was definitely a mass that I won’t forget and neither will the people in the audience. I was standing in the middle of two other alter servers on the altar. I t was very hot in the church and the robes the altar servers had to wear makes it even hotter. Because of the braces all I had to eat that day was some apple sauce and a cookie. Not eating and the heat inside the church caused me to faint in front of the whole church. My dad rushed over and took me off the alter. People came over to help me. They gave me juice, soda, water, and a pop tart. When I regained consciousness it felt like someone had their hands over my ears because I couldn’t hear anything that anyone was saying. Once I had rested for a while I got up and my mom took me to the girl’s bathroom where it was colder, so that I could cool off. When I finally came out of the bathroom, I went to sit with parents and it seemed like everyone was staring at me. I went to receive communion and the priest asked me if I was ok. I said I was fine and then my dad took me home where he made me macaroni and cheese because he said it was easy to swallow.